Lenin House-Museum (Kazan)

The Lenin House-Museum in Kazan is a memorial museum in the historic centre of the city, at 58 Ulyanova-Lenina Street. It occupies the Orlov house, where the Ulyanov family lived from September 1888 to May 1889, and tells the story of Vladimir Ulyanov's years in Kazan. It is a branch of the National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan and the best-known Lenin museum in Kazan.

History

Vladimir Ulyanov enrolled in the Faculty of Law of Kazan University in August 1887. In December of the same year, after taking part in a student gathering, he was expelled from the university and sent away from the city. In the autumn of 1888 he returned to Kazan with his family, and the Ulyanovs rented an apartment in the Orlov house. They lived here for about eight months, until May 1889, and then left Kazan.

According to the Culture.RF portal, the museum is housed in an outbuilding of the Orlov house built in the 1870s. The house-museum opened on 7 November 1937, for the twentieth anniversary of the October Revolution.

What to see in the Lenin Museum

The exhibition recreates the Ulyanovs' apartment as it was in the late 1880s: the living rooms, furniture and household items of the period, among them a faience basin from the Kuznetsov factory. Original documents, photographs and books relate to the Ulyanov family, Vladimir's studies at Kazan University and his expulsion.

An audio guide is available in five languages: Russian, Tatar, English, Spanish and Chinese.

Getting there

The museum is in central Kazan, near Butlerova and Mushtari streets. The nearest metro station is Ploshchad Tukaya, within walking distance. By bus, the convenient stop is Ulitsa Mushtari.

Good to know

According to the museum's official website, it is open from 10:00 to 17:00, on Fridays until 16:00. It is closed on Mondays, and the last Wednesday of the month is a cleaning day. A standard ticket costs 300 roubles, a reduced one 150 roubles. Opening hours and prices may change, so check the museum's official website before your visit.