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Nikolai Leskov House Museum

TIME : 2016/2/19 0:06:55

Author and journalist Nikolai Leskov (1831–95), who wrote the book on which the opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk is based, is remembered at this turquoise-and-cream wooden house. His death mask is in one corner; in another you’ll find incredible miniature silhouette cut-outs of rural scenes.