I. S. Ostroukhov's House in Trubniki (a branch of the V. I. Dahl State Literary Museum)

About museum

A wooden house with a mezzanine on a high stone plinth, with two risalits and an entresol on the courtyard side, is a characteristic building of post-fire Moscow of the 1820s. According to a known plan, the house belonged to E. P. Solntseva from 1822. Over the years the house changed owners, the garden and the estate boundaries were lost, and the courtyard outbuildings were demolished, but the house nevertheless retained its characteristic features after multiple reconstructions. At the end of the 19th century the owners were the brothers D. and P. Botkin. In 1889 their daughter married the painter, collector and patron I. S. Ostroukhov, who became the owner of the house. A private museum open to all, with a very rich collection of Russian icons, was established here. In 1918 the museum was nationalized, and in 1979 it was transferred to the State Literary Museum. After restoration the house was returned to the appearance it had in the early 20th century. It will forever remain Ostroukhov's house in the memory of Muscovites.