After Alexander Pushkin died in a duel near here, his apartment at this site was preserved as it was when in died in 1837.  A museum devoted to him also exists here.

Alexander Pushkin

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин, tr. Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin; IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr sʲɪˈrɡʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn] ( listen); 6 June [O.S. 26 May] 1799 – 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1837) was a Russian author of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet^[2][3][4][5] and the founder of modern Russian literature.^[6][7]

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander Pushkin