Gorky Literary Museum (Literaturny Muzey Gorkovo)

Gorky Literary Museum (Literaturny Muzey Gorkovo) Review

For Gorky buffs only, this museum is packed with the letters, manuscripts, and pictures of the great proletarian writer. There are also portraits of him by Nesterov and Serov and a remarkable photograph of him playing chess with Lenin in Capri, Italy, where Gorky made his home for many years both before and after the Soviets took power in Russia. Gorky never lived here, but there is a miniature wooden reproduction of his childhood home, complete with village yard and outbuildings. Phone ahead for individual or group tours in English.