Ilya Selvinsky House Museum, Literary museum in Simferopol, Russia.
Description
The Ilya Selvinsky House Museum is a literary museum in Simferopol dedicated to the Russian poet, housing around 5,000 documents, books, and personal items. The collection includes manuscripts, photographs, and objects spanning different periods of his life and showing his artistic development.
History
Selvinski was born in 1899 and became an influential Soviet poet whose work spanned the 20th century until 1968. The museum was established in 1989 inside his former residence to preserve his literary legacy.
Culture
The museum displays how Selvinsky portrayed Soviet themes like industrialization and workers' daily life in his poetry. His work was known throughout the Soviet Union and appeared in schools and literary magazines.
Practical
The museum is open Wednesday through Monday from 9:00 to 17:30 and sits in a quiet residential neighborhood. Plan to spend around two hours, and keep in mind that some signage is in Russian.
Did you know?
The collection contains manuscripts where Selvinski documented his observations during World War Two, particularly his poem 'I Saw It!'. These works show his dedication to preserving historical testimony through verse.
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