The wooden one-story house with an attic in the Empire style was built after the famous fire of 1812

    The house, which now houses a museum, Lermontov and his grandmother, EA Arseniev lived from 1829 to 1832, before his departure to St. Petersburg. The mansion - the only remaining house in Moscow, where he lived Lermontov.

    To reconstruct the situation, the authors relied on exposure typology of court life of the first third of the XIX century, and all the details that made it the study of the life and work of the Lermontov and the memories of his contemporaries. In a small room, very cozy and warm room in the house, often going to relatives, neighbors, friends of the poet on hostels and university. At secretaire - books that were read while Lermontov and his friends - "Song of the bell," Schiller, "The Brothers robbers" AS Pushkin. Next to the books - the magazine "Athenaeum", where in 1830, Lermontov first decided to publish his poem by subscribing to one Latin letter "L". The main treasure of a large living room - family portraits, the artist made a serf. One of them - Lermontov in early childhood, so symbolically depicted with a scroll in his hand. In the study of Lermontov - bookcases full of books on history, philosophy and the best magazines of the time. Engraving with a view of the Caucasus is adjacent to the soulful "Madonna with Child" by Raphael, which is reminiscent of the poet of the early deceased mother