The Memorial Aksakov Museum in Ufa is a writer's house
biographical museum
A biographical museum is a museum dedicated to displaying items relating to the life of a single person or group of people, and it may also display the items collected by their subjects during their lifetimes. Some biographical museums are locate ...
which commemorates the life and work of author
Sergey Aksakov
Sergey Timofeyevich Aksakov (, ) (—) was a 19th-century Russian literary figure remembered for his semi-autobiographical tales of family life, as well as his books on hunting and fishing.
Early life
According to the Velvet Book of Russia ...
in an apartment where he lived in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia.
[http://museumrb.ru/filialy/memorialnyj-dom-muzej-s-t-aksakova/ Aksakov Museum] It is located about two blocks from
Republic House.
History
Memorial Aksakov Museum was opened in Ufa in 1991 in honour of the 200th anniversary of the writer Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov.
The wooden building was built in the first half of the XVIII century. It housed the office of the Ufa viceroyalty. The family of Nikolai Semyonovich Zubov (the writer's maternal grandfather) also lived here. After Zubov's death, the writer's father, Timofey Stepanovich Aksakov, bought the house.
See also
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Abramtsevo Colony
Abramtsevo () is a former country estate and now museum-reserve located north of Moscow, in the proximity of Khotkovo, that became a centre for the Slavophile movement and an artists' colony in the 19th century. The estate is located in the v ...
References
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Buildings and structures in Ufa
Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Bashkortostan
Literary museums in Russia
Museums in Bashkortostan