Literary and Memorial House-Museum of D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak

About museum

Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak (1852–1912) was a writer whose life and work are inextricably linked with the Urals and Yekaterinburg. D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak was born in the settlement of the Visimo-Shaitansky plant (now the settlement of Visim) into a priest's family. He studied at the Yekaterinburg Spiritual School (1866–1868), the Perm Theological Seminary (1868–1872) and at two institutions in St. Petersburg: the Medical-Surgical Academy and the university. In 1877 D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak returned to the Urals. He moved to permanent residence in Yekaterinburg in March 1878. He bought the house at 27 Pushkin Street in 1884 with the royalties from his "most Yekaterinburg" novel "The Privalov Millions." In 1891, after the writer moved to St. Petersburg, members of his family remained in the house: his mother Anna Semenovna, his brothers Nikolai and Vladimir, and his sister Liza. According to D.N. Mamin's will, the house on Sobornaya Street passed to his daughter Alenushka. She, in turn, bequeathed the house to the city of Yekaterinburg in the hope that it would be turned into a museum dedicated to her father. The museum was opened on May 1, 1946. The exhibition presents the writer's memorial collections, books from his library, furniture and other items. The exhibition hall and the gallery host thematic temporary exhibitions dedicated to D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak and writers from his literary circle; thematic exhibitions of paintings by Ural artists and private collections are also held. Literary evenings, quests, theatrical festivities and morning performances based on the writer's works are organized.