Mikhail Bulgakov Museum

The plaque at No. 13 Andriivskyi Descent gives the address as No. 13 Andreevsky spusk, the street name Mikhail Bulgakov used in his 1925 novel The White Guard, which refers vividly to this street. Officially the Literature-Memorial Museum to Mikhail Bulgakov and often called the Bulgakov House or Lystovnychyi House, it is dedicated to the Kyiv-born Russian writer. A memorial plaque with his portrait hangs on the front of the building.

Nearly 2,500 items, including Bulgakov's belongings, books, postcards and photographs, convey his life, work and surroundings. The house reflects his years as a secondary school pupil, medical student, family doctor and writer, the author of The White Guard, The Master and Margarita and Theatre Love Story.

The house was built in 1888 to a design by the architect N. Gardenin. Inna Konchakovskaia, daughter of its owner, who was a hero of The White Guard, preserved it through the Soviet era. It opened as a museum in 1991 for the centenary of Bulgakov's birth. Its staff carry out research, publish unreleased material and hold book-club meetings, which makes it especially rewarding for readers of Bulgakov.