Exhibition of the S. P. Korolev House-Museum

About exhibition

In one of the Ostankinsky lanes, not far from the "Conquerors of Space" monument, stands a two-story mansion surrounded by a garden. The house, built in 1959 to a design by architect R. I. Semerdzhieva, was presented to S. P. Korolev by the Soviet government for creating and successfully launching on October 4, 1957 the world's first artificial Earth satellite. Everything in the house has been preserved as it was during S. P. Korolev's life. The museum, unique for the authenticity of its exhibits, holds about 19,000 items in its exhibition and closed collections. These include Korolev's personal belongings, documents, letters, photographs, furniture, household items, works of fine art, and scientific-technical and art libraries. Everything the museum holds — from the neat notes of a young student at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute in the 1920s to the notebook recounting the affairs and concerns of the chief designer in his last month of life — was transferred into state custody by N. I. Koroleva. The architecture and interior decoration of S. P. Korolev's house are a piece of the history and culture of everyday life in mid-20th-century Russia.