Literature-Memorial Museum to Mikhail Bulgakov, Kiev

The Literature-Memorial Museum to Mikhail Bulgakov honors the life and work of the writer best known for The Master and Margarita and The White Guard. The museum occupies the house where Bulgakov lived with his family from 1906 to 1919, a period that shaped many of his early impressions of Kyiv and inspired much of his later writing.

Although he was born elsewhere in the city, this residence became central to his creative identity and appears as “House No. 13” in The White Guard.

The effort to establish the museum began in 1989, and it officially opened in 1991 to mark the 100th anniversary of Bulgakov’s birth. Inside, visitors can explore rooms restored to resemble those described in his novels and see family photographs, manuscripts, and personal belongings.

The exhibits blend documentary detail with literary imagination, allowing guests to sense the connection between Bulgakov’s real life and the fictional worlds he created.

The 19th-century building retains much of its original character, with narrow staircases and modest rooms reflecting the lifestyle of a middle-class Kyiv family of the time.