Leonid Andreev House Museum

Western European Russia


Inside this cottage, the birthplace of writer and dramatist Leonid Andreev, there is a beautiful piano and examples of Andreev’s art and photography: he was an early Russian exponent of colour photography and his compositions are remarkable.


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