Muruzi House

Muruzi House is a notable apartment building – a former revenue house in central Saint Petersburg, Russia, constructed in 1870s for count Alexander Dmitrievich Mourouzis (Muruzi).[1] It is noteworthy for its neo-Moorish architecture and as a place of residence or work of a number of Russian-language literary persons:[2] for example, in 1955–1972 Russian poet Joseph Brodsky resided in the Muruzi house, nowadays his memorial museum is opened at his former apartment.[3] Before him residents included the early 20 century family of authors Zinaida Gippius and Dmitry Merezhkovskiy and later a Soviet and modern Russia prose writer Daniil Granin;[4] Poets' House opened here in 1920 under Nikolay Gumilyov, and Korney Chukovskiy opened a studio for teaching young literary translators under the post-revolutionary publishing project Vsemirnaya literatura ("World Literature").[5]

Muruzi House
Дом Мурузи
View of the Muruzi House from the corner of Korolenko Street (left) and Pestel Street, the left side under older paint.
General information
Architectural style	neo-Moorish architecture (Neo-Mudéjar)
Location	Saint Petersburg, Liteyny Avenue, 24
Completed	1874-1877
Design and construction
Architect(s)	A. C. Serebryakov, P. I. Shestov