State Museum of the History of the Gulag : Культура : Ветвистое древо

№ 46

State Museum of the History of the Gulag?Why this museumThe only state museum of this subject in Russia. The value lies less in the collection than in the existence of the institution; it is now closed, and that fact says more than any display.

History · с 2001 года

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Reference

Founded in 2001 by the historian Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko, himself a camp survivor. In 2015 the museum moved from Petrovka 16 to 1st Samotyochny Lane.

The building. A building of 1906, converted for the museum in 2015.

Good to know. The old address, Petrovka 16, has been out of date since 2015.

Музей сейчас закрыт для посетителей.

What to see

A reconstructed barrack and original camp doors; belongings and documents of prisoners; the Garden of Memory in the yard.

Getting in

Address

1st Samotyochny Lane 9, bldg 1 (on the map)

How to get there

Metro Dostoyevskaya or Novoslobodskaya

Opening times

Музей закрыт для посетителей.

The museum has been closed to visitors since 2024 and no opening date has been announced. Checked 15 August 2026.

Tickets

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When to go

Closed to visitors since 2024.

Contacts

gmig.ru · +7 (495) 621-73-10

Сведения сверены 15 августа 2026 года, источник — открытые источники.