The Pushkin Apartment Museum, located on the river Moika Embankment #12, is the only memorial Pushkin museum in the city which tells about the last period of the poet's life and work. There Pushkin, mortally wounded at the duel, died on January 29, 1837, and there one can see things that belonged to Pushkin and his family. One of the most important events in the Museum life is the holding in the courtyard of the house of the annual memorial meeting on February 10 (the day of the poet's death), which is attended by the community, foreign guests, representatives of the creative intelligentsia, and members of the Russian Government and the Authorities of Saint-Petersburg. At 2.45 p.m., in commemoration of the moment when Pushkin's heart stopped beating, the moment of silence is observed. On Pushkin's birthday - May 26 (June 6, new style) - the Museum holds the festival "Pushkin-Petersburg", in which other cultural institutions of St. Petersburg also take part.

The museum was opened in this house as late as in 1925. Va rious landlords and offices had owned the house be fore. Pushkin's apartment had been considerably al tered. The apartment was fully reh abilitated in 1987 after the archaeological survey, ma jor repairs and restoration work.

Authentic Pushkin's belon gings are scarce. Most of them are displayed in the po et's study. A contemporary reminis ced: "His study was spa cious, light and clean, there was nothing extravagant, intricate or sumptuous, nothing stunning, but artless austerity everywhere". Books dominate the study. Pushkin had a library of about four thousand books in fourteen languages. He admired and treasured old and rare publications rum maging for them in book shops. He was also invariably attracted by new Rus sian and European publi cations.

Museum address: 191186, St.-Petersburg, Moika 12 embakment.

How to arrive:"Nevsky prospect" suburban station

working hours: Daily except Tuesday and the last Friday of each month, 10:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (the booking-office closes at 4:00 p.m.)

Phone: (812) 311-35-31, (812) 315-95-13.

Cost of the entrance tickets:
For adult visitors - 20 rubles
For students - 10 rubles

Main excursions: observe excursion