[CivilSoc] Website--Nabokov Museum, St. Petersburg

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The website of the V.V. Nabokov Museum in St. Petersburg is
http://www.nabokov101.ru/mus.htm. The Museum is located on the first floor
of the former Nabokov family mansion at 47 Bolshaya Morskaya Street. (The
two upper floors are occupied by a St. Petersburg newspaper, Nevskoye
Vremya.)
Born in this house in 1899, Vladimir Nabokov lived there until he and his
family were forced into exile in 1917. According to the Museum: "The house
on Bolshaya Morskaya forms the setting for many of Nabokov's novels; it is
especially apparent in his autobiography, Speak, Memory. According to
Nabokov, the house always remained his 'only home in the world': after being
forced to leave St. Petersburg in November 1917, he never acquired a
permanent home abroad."
The St. Petersburg V.V.Nabokov Museum does not receive government support,
an unusual fact for Russian cultural organizations. It serves as "both a
traditional literary museum and an actively developing cultural center. The
museum conducts temporary exhibitions, soirees, readings, and evenings of
poetry and music. Its theater productions are always very popular. As an
emerging creative center, the museum organizes and carries out city-wide
festivals and other large-scale cultural programs."
The museum also hosts the Nabokov 101 International Summer School. This is a
competitive educational program open to only 12 students per year.
Application deadline is May 1 and those interested in attending in 2003 are
encouraged to apply early.