A small one-story house on the shore of a picturesque bay in Gurzuf at one time became for Anton Pavlovich favorite vacation spot .The last years of his life the writer was looking for peace and tranquility and found them here, far from Yalta fuss, where he preferred to stop before .After the death of Chekhov, the dacha passed to his wife Olga Knipper, who then spent every summer (except for the war period) in Gurzuf, having last stayed in 1953 .In 1958, $.Gurzuf dacha of Chekhov was purchased by artist V .Meshkov, and five years later she went to the Art Fund of the USSR .In the late 1980s Chekhov's house in Gurzuf was recognized as a memorial monument and at the same time became a branch of the Chekhov Museum in Yalta .After the restoration, the house was returned to its maximum historical appearance, and in 1995 .the first exposition "Writer and actress" has already hosted visitors $ $ .At the moment, a patio, a cove and a restored Chekhov house are open to the museum guests..

In the late 1980s Chekhov's house in Gurzuf was recognized as a memorial monument and at the same time became a branch of the Chekhov Museum in Yalta.

The museum exposition is

In the memorial part of the museum exposition there are the things dedicated to A. P. Chekhov and O. L. Knipper, and in the literary section there are documents related to the play "Three Sisters", rare editions of past centuries, copies of manuscripts.

One of the museum's expositions is devoted to the theatrical art, at the exhibition stands there are photos of artists, theatrical programs, props, costumes. His place in the exposition was taken up by the materials of the play Three Sisters, staged by V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko in 1940.

The exposition of the third room tells about the writer's friends, she is called - "Chekhov's Environment". At the exhibition you can see original photos, archives, sketches, letters. The walls are decorated with reproductions of famous and not very portraits of Chekhov. In the Gurzuf exposition a lot of little-known photographs that were not exhibited in the Yalta House Museum of A.Chekhov were collected.

Some value to the Gurzuf museum is given by the fact that there is a rock next to the ruins of the fortress of the Byzantine emperor Justinian the Great.

Useful information

Address: пгт. Gurzuf Str. Chekhov, 22.

Phone: +7 (29-86-40) 36-30-05.

E-mail: info@chekhov-yalta.org.

Opening hours: 10:00 - 18:00, Monday, Tuesday - day off.

The museum is open to tourists from May 1 to September 30.

Entrance: 100 RUB, for residents of Crimea, schoolchildren and students: 50 RUB. Visit to the courtyard and Chekhov Bay costs 50 RUB, the cost of a tour of the garden is 50 RUB.

All visitors to the museum are given a ticket with the right to visit the beach of Chekhov.

From the bus station to the museum can be reached by bus number 31.

Visiting the museum with an excursion is provided for groups of 10 people.

The territory of the museum is not allowed to paint with oil paints.


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