In 1848, the great writer Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol moved into this house at the invitation of Count A.P. Tolstoy and his wife, Countess A.G. Tolstoy. Here, he spent the last years of his life. Within these walls, Gogol continued to work on the second volume of his masterpiece, “Dead Souls”, whose manuscript he burned just days before his death. Among Gogol’s visitors were notable figures such as Ivan Turgenev, Mikhail Pogodin, Sergey Aksakov, Mikhail Shchepkin, Alexandra Smirnova-Rosset, and Stepan Shevyryov. The building underwent restoration from 1976 to 1977. In 1979, memorial rooms dedicated to Gogol were opened on the ground floor, recreated based on the testimonies of his contemporaries. Today, “N.V. Gogol’s House” features a library, a memorial museum, the art space “New Wing,” and an exhibition hall. Address: Nikitsky Boulevard, 7A