“I Thought It Would Be Worse.” Darovoe in Search of Authenticity

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Author: Albina S. Bessonova

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PhD in Philology, Senior Researcher, Dostoevsky’s Museum-Estate “Darovoe,” State Museum-Reserve “Zaraysky Kremlin,” Muzeinaya 1 a, 140600 Zaraysk, Moscow region, Russia.

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Author 2: Vladimir A. Victorovich

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DSc in Philology, Professor, Department of Russian Language and Literature, Kolomna State University of Humanities and Social Studies, Zelennaya 30, 140411 Kolomna, Moscow region, Russia.

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Bessonova, A.S., and Viktorovich, V.A. “‘I Thought It Would Be Worse.’ Darovoe in Search of Authenticity.” Dostoevsky and World Culture. Philological journal, no. 1 (21), 2023, pp. 197–242. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22455/2619-0311-2023-1-197-242

Received: 04 Feb. 2023

Published: 25 March 2023

Issue: 2023 no. 1 (21)

Department: MUSEUM

Pages: 197-242

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22455/2619-0311-2023-1-197-242

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Keywords: F.M. Dostoevsky’s Darovoe Museum-Estate, prospects for the development of a Museum-Reserve, restoration.

Abstract: The fifth article in a series dedicated to the restoration and museification of the Darovoe-Monogarovo-Cheremoshnya memorial space. The renewed F.M. Dostoevsky’s Estate Museum “Darovoe” opened in November 2021. The results of the restoration and the perspectives of its development were discussed at a round table on August 27, 2022, during the conference “9th Summer Readings in Darovoe.” Here is an abridged transcript of the discussion. The conflict between scholars and restorers described in the previous article led to a dialogue between the academic and museum communities; creative entrepreneurs have also joined the discussion. Both painful points and “points of growth” in the new life of the Museum-Estate “Darovoе” are highlighted.

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