State Museum Humanitarian Center overcoming the name of Ostrovsky. Cultural Center "Integration" named after Ostrovsky

Museum of N.A. Ostrovsky was opened in 1940 in historical building- a monument of history and culture of the XVIII - XX centuries. In the mansion at Tverskaya 14, three epochs have come together, which is reflected both in the external appearance of the building and in its functional purpose. In the memorial apartment of N.A. Ostrovsky, where he lived from November 1935 to December 1936, presents the writer's furniture, his belongings, documents, personal library and other relics.

Nikolai Alekseevich Ostrovsky - famous Soviet writer, author to all famous novel"As the Steel Was Tempered". It was in his apartment where he lived his last years The museum was opened in 1940. The writer had an incurable joint disease, but he did not break down and continued to write, create images that inspired many people to exploits in the future.

During the war, a special propaganda vehicle of the N. Ostrovsky Museum traveled kilometers of roads to support the spirit of fighters and commanders. Between battles, the military watched a film based on the book by N. Ostrovsky “How the Steel Was Tempered”, had conversations, lectured to them. After the war, when there was an urgent need to restore the country, the museum began to promote labor exploits.

In 1992, the museum expanded its activities and was transformed into Humanitarian Center"Overcoming" named after N.A. Ostrovsky. In the museum you can see furniture from N. Ostrovsky's room, his personal belongings, documents, and his favorite library. Some of the things were donated by friends and acquaintances of N. Ostrovsky, the Sochi Museum helped in many ways. The museum also maintains relations with the writer's relatives, thanks to which the museum fund increases.

The museum works a lot with people from handicapped, organizes their concerts, exhibitions of paintings and applied arts. It also includes graphics, sculpture, painting and books made and written by various talented people.

One of the directions of the museum is the publishing house. Several almanacs "Overcoming", the album "Scorched by War" were printed, dedicated to heroes Wars, disabled artists. On the writer's birthday, the museum center awards the winners of the N. Ostrovsky Prize. First of all, disabled people are awarded for their courage and success in art and sports.

Since April 14, 2017, the museum has been called the State state-financed organization culture of the city of Moscow State Museum- Cultural Center "Integration" named after N.A. Ostrovsky.

Working mode:

• Tuesday-Sunday - from 10:00 to 21:00 (ticket office until 20.30);
• Monday is a day off.

Ticket price:

• entrance ticket to visit the main exposition of the museum - 200 rubles;
• entrance ticket to exhibitions in the museum - 100 rubles;
• complex entrance ticket for the main exposition and exhibitions in the museum - 250 rubles.

Memorial apartment of N.A. Ostrovsky

The exposition is dedicated to creativity and personal life writer Nikolai Ostrovsky (1904-1936). The writer wrote the Soviet bestseller "How the Steel Was Tempered", as well as the first part of the novel "Born by the Storm" (according to the author's idea, there were to be three parts). The last novel, the writer wrote in this house. The writer lived a short but eventful life. Since childhood, he suffered from a disease that took his life so early. For the last 9 years, he was so weak that he spent in bed, but at the same time continued to work. The writer is an example of a strong will, striving to achieve a goal.

In the museum you can find the writer's documents, photographs, books, personal items. The exposition is opened in two rooms in which the writer lived. Furnishings and personal belongings are preserved.

The museum has been open to visitors since 1940. There is an apartment in the house where Nikolai Ostrovsky lived his last years of life. The first director of the museum (1940-1963) was the widow of the writer R.P. Ostrovskaya.

Hall No. 1 and 2: Salon of Princess Z. Volkonskaya

The museum is housed in a historic building built in the 1790s by M.F. Kazakov. In 1823-1829, Princess Z.A. lived in it. Volkonskaya, and in 1898-1917 the house belonged to G.G. Eliseev).

In this house of Zinaida Volkonskaya, literary and musical evenings were held every week - salons that were visited by celebrities of that time. A.S. has repeatedly visited here. Pushkin, who called the princess "the queen of muses and beauty."

The museum displays a permanent exhibition "From the history of the house".

Hall number 3: "Overcoming" (the fate of people with disabilities)

The museum also presents an exhibition that tells about people with disabilities, but who have achieved great results in life.

Cultural Center "Integration" named after N. A. Ostrovsky (former name - humanitarian center "Overcoming") is an unusual museum dedicated to people who stepped over a terrible disease and left a noticeable mark on history. Its exposition tells about the difficult but real way of overcoming oneself and integrating into society.

Writer Nikolai Ostrovsky is the author of the famous Soviet novel How the Steel Was Tempered. This book about a man's courageous struggle for his ideals has become a manifesto for several generations. It was repeatedly published in millions of copies, was translated into 75 languages. The famous words sounded in this novel: “The most precious thing for a person is life. It is given to him once, and it must be lived in such a way that it is not excruciatingly painful for the aimlessly lived years. Nikolai Ostrovsky lived for 32 years, of which nine years he was bedridden. He became a writer while completely immobile and blind.

Museum activities

In 1824‒1829 Princess Zinaida Volkonskaya lived in the mansion - “the queen of muses and beauty”, as Pushkin called her. Her literary and musical salon was one of the most famous in Moscow. V. Zhukovsky, E. Baratynsky, A. Delvig, V. Kuchelbecker, V. Odoevsky, F. Tyutchev, A. Mickevich, A. Alyabyev and many others have been here. It was here that in 1826 a farewell party was held for the wives of the Decembrists, who were leaving for their husbands in exile in Siberia. In 1829 Volkonskaya left for Italy forever. After her departure, the house changed hands for some time.

The new life of the mansion began at the end of the 19th century. From 1898 to 1917 the famous millionaire merchant G. Eliseev owned the building. A significant part of the premises was devoted to the store. Here, in luxurious interiors, exotic fruits, the best wines, rare varieties of coffee, tea, and spices were sold. In the Soviet years, the store continued to work as Gastronome No. 1, but Muscovites always called it Eliseevsky.

Since 1918, part of the house began to be used as apartments. In 1935‒1936 the writer Nikolai Ostrovsky lived in one of them. December 22, 1936 N. Ostrovsky died. In 1940 a museum was created in the apartment.

GMCC "Integration" (State Museum - Cultural Center "Integration" named after N.A. Ostrovsky) - a center under the Department of Culture of the City of Moscow (founder). The joint institution was established on December 14, 2016.

In the premises at st. Tverskaya, 14 there is a museum where permanent exhibition, a hall of interchangeable exhibitions and memorial rooms of the writer N.A. Ostrovsky (there are no restrictions on consumers of services).

Areas of work:

• Organization of the work of the permanent museum exhibition;
• Organization of changing and traveling exhibitions;
• Holding cultural events (concerts, performances, performances);
• Methodological support of cultural institutions working with people with disabilities.

In the premises at st. Lazo d. 12 and st. Sayanskaya d. 6B modern cultural centers are located in which all conditions are created for the harmonious cultural and aesthetic development of each visitor (there are no restrictions on consumers of services).

Areas of work:

• Classes in creative studios and sports sections(for children, youth, adults and the elderly, photo studio);
• Holding cultural events (exhibitions, concerts, performances, performances, holidays, birthdays);
• Educational programs for specialists of cultural institutions on the ethics of communication with people with disabilities (project "People IN");
• Carrying out special projects - concerts and business trainings in the dark;
• City Methodological Center for Social and Cultural Integration of People with Disabilities in the Cultural Life of the City of Moscow.

All structural subdivisions are cultural institutions for everyone, where all conditions are created for a comfortable stay for people with disabilities of all ages and categories.

GMCC "Integration" is headed by the Trustee of the President Russian Federation V.V. Putin 2012 - 2018 Alexey Alexandrovich Volodin.

History of the Museum

Museum "Integration" them. N.A. Ostovsky is located on Tverskaya street in house number 14 (a monument of history and culture of the XVII-XX centuries). The mansion on Tverskaya 14 brought together three eras, which was reflected both in the appearance of the building and in its functional purpose. In it in different time lived amazing people who left a special mark on the culture of their time.

IN 1824-1829 Princess Zinaida Alexandrovna Volkonskaya lived in the house. Her literary and musical salon was one of the most famous in Moscow and was visited by A. Pushkin, V. Zhukovsky, E. Baratynsky, D. Venevitinov, A. Delvig, V. Kuchelbecker, V. Odoevsky, F. Tyutchev, Adam Mickiewicz , A. Alyabiev, A. Verstovsky.

FROM 1898 to 1917 the building was owned by the famous merchant-millionaire G. Eliseev - a significant part of the premises was set aside for a shop famous for exotic fruits, the best wines, rare varieties of coffee, tea, and spices. In Soviet times, it was officially called Gastronome No. 1, but old Muscovites always called the store Eliseevsky.

FROM 1918 part of the house was used for apartments. The apartment on Tverskaya, 14 was provided to the writer N.A. Ostrovsky, author of the book "How Steel Was Tempered". It consisted of two rooms, which were furnished with official furniture. Many people have been in the apartment. famous people: director V. Meyerhold, actress Z. Reich, writers and poets A. Fadeev, A. Karavaeva, N. Aseev, B. Kornilov, A. Serafimovich, M. Svetlov, V. Inber.

IN 1940 a museum named after N.A. was created in the apartment. Ostrovsky. In 1992, the "Overcoming" exposition was opened, which is dedicated to people with difficult fate who overcame, following the example of N.A. Ostrovsky, his ailments.

The Museum of Overcoming, as the humanitarian center, created on the basis of the apartment of Nikolai Ostrovsky, is briefly called, is remarkable for two things. The original setting in which the novel "How the Steel Was Tempered" was written is preserved here. In addition, the best examples of maintaining interest in fruitful activities with serious health problems are demonstrated. The strength of the spirit that overcomes physical ailments is the main exhibit and the purpose of the existence of the museum Overcoming.

The building of the museum is referred to by Muscovites as the Eliseevsky store, although this building is significant to many. Built back in 1790 according to the design of the famous architect Matvey Kazakov, it was one of the few that survived the Moscow fire in 1812. The chambers of Princess Volkonskaya were located here, and in the same building the secular lady held her famous salons, where the most prominent representatives of Art XIX century.

The rehearsals of the Maly Theater team were held here while the theater building, Gorky arranged author's readings of the text of the plays for the gathering artists. The voice of the great Chaliapin was heard here, performing famous arias and folk songs. For a whole century, the elite shop of the merchant Eliseev existed in this house, since 1917 - Gastronome No. 1. Finally, Nikolai Ostrovsky has lived in this house for the past few years, a bas-relief depicting which is installed on the wall near one of the entrances.

Another image of the once famous writer greets visitors at the entrance to the Overcoming Museum. The bust of a man lying in bed is a rather rare pose for sculptors, but in this case it is only a tribute to reality, because Ostrovsky did not leave his bed at the end of his life. Therefore, the statue, made by Sergei Konenkov, reflects the truth of life and the tragedy of the situation that this courageous man successfully overcame. The sculptor managed to reliably represent a suffering person, while maintaining the presence of mind and his own dignity. People who are not broken by ailments is the purpose of showing the museum exposition, which helps to overcome adversity for those who find themselves in a difficult life situation.

We will not criticize the revolutionary authorities, who settled a practically non-walking person not on the first floor - by that time Nikolai Ostrovsky could no longer get out of bed. The Kazakov staircase was made with a wide opening between the spans, which allows you to see the forged railing even from below.

memorial apartment

The permanent exhibition of the Museum Overcoming includes two-room apartment Ostrovsky and the Overcoming Hall, as well as the space between these two objects. Hallway memorial apartment has no furniture, except for a bench for visitors. Wall hanger and mirror in a carved wooden frame.

There was no need for other furniture during the life of Ostrovsky, except perhaps for the nurses serving him. The house of an old building at least had high ceilings so that there was a sufficient amount of air for a bedridden patient.

The permanent residence room of the patient Nikolai Ostrovsky is isolated from other rooms, quite spacious and bright.

There is a booth in front of the entrance information materials, which contains a poster about the contents of the exposition of the memorial apartment, the opening hours of the museum Overcoming, proposals for pre-registration for participation in organized excursions.

Even a cursory glance at the furnishings of the writer's room allows us to conclude that the staffing household items surrounding Ostrovsky in the last years of his life and work.

The room is also available for direct acquaintance, visitors can go inside and inspect all the furnishings. The furniture is clearly isolated from the storerooms of the public utility. This is a standard metal hospital-type bed and a set of sofa, armchairs and chairs with leather upholstery - the usual accessories of an official's office.

On the wall by the bed there is a modest dark-patterned carpet, above is a portrait of some leader of the revolutionary period, who looks like Lunacharsky, People's Commissar of Education.

On the chairs behind the bed are gramophone records and a gramophone for listening to them. On a neatly made bed lies a wand wrapped in bandages, with which a bedridden person could at least wipe the sweat from his face when no one was around.

The second room of Nikolai Ostrovsky's apartment was intended as a living room and was furnished accordingly. Bookcases, a large table under a white tablecloth and up to a dozen chairs are allocated for furnishing. There are also soft chairs under white capes, a tall and branchy ornamental plant with broad leaves and an indispensable portrait of the leader of the world proletariat.

Wide window openings provide excellent lighting, in case of reception large groups visitors or official delegations could accommodate guests without difficulty. Another thing is that Ostrovsky himself was practically incapable of using the living room.

Next, visitors will have to move to the second section of the Overcoming Museum exposition, and along the way they will have the opportunity to get acquainted with other items in the collection. Many of them are directly related to the active period of the life of Nikolai Ostrovsky, which, although short, was extremely eventful.

Ostrovsky took an active part in the fighting civil war in Russia, he fought in the equestrian units of the brigade of the legendary Kotovsky and the Cavalry Army of the future Marshal Semyon Budyonny. Many storylines and details of the writer's only finished work are autobiographical in nature.

The glazed cabinet contains the few items that have been preserved from combat youth or were picked up for display by museum workers. You can see a guitar on a Viennese chair, a massive barometer and several photographs. Attention is drawn to the pencil drawing of the fighting girlfriend of the Red Army, which we do not know for certain.

But the origin of the following exhibits is extremely clear - this is the first edition of the novel “How the Steel Was Tempered” published by the newspaper and the stencil that Ostrovsky invented for writing a draft of this work.

As he lost his sight, he also lost his ability to write legibly, so he invented a line limiter to make his handwriting legible.

The last of these exhibits attract the most attention of visitors. They are considered the most carefully. Such books by Ostrovsky, published in a significant edition, were widely distributed.

The attention to the book, fueled by Bolshevik propaganda, made this publication a kind of code of life for the young generation of fighters for proletarian ideals. Young people read the book at the construction sites of socialist industrialization, and then in the trenches of the Great Patriotic War.

Both bullet-riddled and bloodied copies of this edition are known.

The sculptural image of Nikolai Ostrovsky sitting in an armchair greets visitors at the entrance to that part of the exhibition, which actually deals with the theme of Overcoming. We are talking about overcoming incurable diseases, combat and industrial injuries, congenital and sports injuries.

Ostrovsky is depicted sitting in an armchair, with his feet covered with a blanket. He is wearing the uniform of a brigadier commissar, a title the Political Administration of the Red Army conferred on the writer a year before his death, shortly after he was awarded the Order of Lenin. Ostrovsky was especially proud of the French, he wore it on solemn days and for meetings with visitors.

Hall Overcoming

The second half of the exposition of the Overcoming Museum is represented by a hall of the same name. The end wall of the room is decorated with a huge mosaic, characterized by richness of colors and abstract content.

Two types of exhibits are placed here, representing two facets of the fate of the sick and people who have returned to active work. The circumstances and exhibits of injuries and mutilations that limit the mobility and performance of the victims are presented.

As a counterbalance to tragic or accidental circumstances, the results or information about the results of artistic and industrial, sports and other activities of those who are commonly called people with disabilities are exhibited.

The former are intended to serve as a warning and be a call for caution and prudence in various life circumstances, but it is clear in advance that it is impossible to protect oneself from all accidents and dangers.

One of the stands demonstrates the skates and clothes of figure skater Elena Berezhnaya, who received a severe head injury from the skate of a pair skating partner. The damage was received in training quite by accident, but it was very serious. The happy outcome of this situation was provided by Russian doctors, the participation of relatives and a new sports partner.

Elena not only recovered, although she had to learn to speak and walk again after the damage to the temporal bone. She, together with Anton Sikharulidze, won silver at the Olympics in 1998 and gold in 2002, was awarded two orders of the Russian Federation, gave birth to two children and is now a deputy of the State Duma of Russia.

Along the opposite wall there are stands with exhibits and individual large objects, on the wall itself there are paintings of various genres. Objects of arts and crafts, paintings and sculptures are made by people with various significant health impairments.

In the literal sense, the blind, even those who have lost their limbs, are even able to master drawing and modeling and other types of creativity. Published personal circumstances confirm that going to active life possible in any situation.

Attention is paid to the exposition of the Overcoming Hall and the circumstances under which people receive severe damage to their health. The legitimacy and ethical soundness of such an approach can be criticized or supported, but today the contents of some storefronts may inspire fear for engaging in certain activities.

The already well-known riskiness of the professions of military personnel and firefighters, industrial workers and athletes, and in general any activity, is emphasized.

Temporary exhibitions

Arranges the Overcoming Museum and temporary exhibitions, using exhibits and collections provided by organizations and individuals. Here are both products and works of own manufacture, as well as collectibles.

If necessary, you can organize a musical performance or accompaniment of the demonstration here. In a word, the Museum of Overcoming contributes to the maximum creative expression, the results of which force one to ignore certain physical defects.

You can verify the validity of the above when examining any regular temporary exhibition. Variety of genres visual arts and another creative activity, the difference in manners and styles of performing works can be very striking. On the face clear signs the infinity of human capabilities, allowing to overcome physical disabilities and any ailments.