The Museum-Estate of G.R.Derzhavin is the mansion of Gabriel Romanovich Derzhavin in St. Petersburg , on 118 Fontanka Embankment , next to Derzhavinsky Lane . Since 2003, the Literary and Memorial Museum, a branch of the All-Russian Museum of A. S. Pushkin .
| Mansion | |
| The mansion of G.R.Derzhavin. 2016 year | |
|---|---|
 View from the Fontanka | |
| A country |  Russia |
| City | St. Petersburg , emb. Fontanka , 118 |
| Architectural style | classicism |
| Architect | 1791-1793, arch. G.P. Pilnikov , 2nd half. 1790s, 1798-1806, arch. N.A. Lvov , beg. XIX century., 1846-1850., Arch. A. M. Gornostaev , garden masters V. G. Gavrilov and A. Gumler |
| Status |  An object of cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation of federal significance. Reg. No. 781520315360006 ( EGROKN ). (Wikigid database) |
| Site | museumpushkin.ru/info/es... |
The city estate consists of the poet’s mansion, two twin wings, a small guest house and a greenhouse. The mansion on the Fontanka and the circumstances of its construction are played out in the poems of the poet “ To the First Neighbor ” (1780) and “ To the Second Neighbor ” (1791), addressed to the farmer M. S. Golikov and Colonel M. A. Garnovsky , respectively. After the year 1811, in the large two-room hall , meetings were held “ Conversations of lovers of the Russian word ”.
In 1846, the building was rebuilt from the inside for the needs of the Roman Catholic Theological College , in fact, turned into the residence of the Catholic Archbishop Metropolitan . In Soviet times, there were communal apartments inside.
The decision on museumification was made in 1998. Interiors were recreated in the style of the Catherine era (based on well-known analogues) in 2002-2003. (project of the Lenproject Restoration Institute). The museum received its first visitors on May 28, 2003. As part of the reconstruction, the Polish Garden was also recreated from the back of the estate (access is paid).
 |  |  | ||
| From the side of the Polish Garden | From the Fontanka (during Derzhavin's lifetime) | Front grill |