Literature
Anna Akhmatova
Addresses you can still visit
Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
Lived here · 1918–1952
Sheremetev Palace
Lived in Fountain House (Sheremetev Palace) wings 1918–20 and mid-1920s–1952; Akhmatova memorial museum is here.
Performed here
House of Radio
She was among the writers who spoke at the Leningrad Radio microphone during the siege. ([visit-petersburg.ru](https://www.visit-petersburg.ru/leisure/places/tp-194699-dom-radio/?utm_source=openai))
Lived here
Kresty Prison
Stood in prison queues at Kresty for her son Lev Gumilev; the experience underlies Requiem (‘I have learned how faces fall…’).
Performed here · 1912–1915
Арт-подвал «Бродячая собака»
Regular reader/performer at the Stray Dog cabaret in the 1910s.
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