The much-loved author of The Master and Margarita lived here long before writing his most famous book – between 1906 and 1919. But this building was the model for the Turbin family home in The White Guard, his first full-length novel and the best book to read about Kyiv. Substituting for the interiors lost in the Soviet period, designers created a strange and memorable space populated with the author's memories and characters. There are more tourists in Andriyvsky uzviz than the museum can cope, so booking is essential.
