Information about the building

The two-story stone house on the outer side of Tsvetnoy Boulevard has been associated with the name of the famous poet Valery Bryusov for over a century. It is here that he was born in his grandfather's house, Kuzma Andreyevich, the founder of the Bryusov family. His grandfather was a serf of Countess Bryus, the heiress of Peter I's associate Yakov Vilimovich Bryus, which explains the origin of the surname. In 1859, Kuzma Andreyevich was freed from serfdom and moved from Kostroma to Moscow, where he engaged in cork trading and quickly became wealthy. He purchased a solid house on Tsvetnoy Boulevard.

His son, Yakov Kuzmich, the poet's father, to his father's dismay, preferred the company of free-thinking youth, like the heroes of Turgenev and Dostoevsky, rather than trade. He often visited the "Circle" organized by Peter Boborykin, where he met Matryona Alexandrovna Bakulina, whom he married. The poet's mother was also from a merchant family. Her father, Alexander Yakovlevich Bakulin, was a merchant and a fable poet from a wealthy family in the city of Yelets.

After his father's death, Yakov Kuzmich lived quietly, receiving interest from the capital that was to remain untouched until his death, which saved the family from ruin.

Yakov Kuzmich and Matryona Alexandrovna had five children: two sons and three daughters. Valery Yakovlevich was his mother's favorite and the eldest son. He recalled that his parents introduced him to materialism and Darwin's ideas before teaching him to count. The future poet received a good education, studying at the best Moscow gymnasiums, first with F. I. Kreyman, then with L. I. Polivanov. In 1893, he graduated from gymnasium, and in 1899, from the historical and philological faculty of Moscow University.

Valery Yakovlevich loved his grandfather's house. On the second floor, in a room overlooking the shady courtyard, he found it easy to write. This is where his creative biography began. By the age of thirteen, he was confident in his future as a poet, writing poetry and publishing a handwritten magazine. His father supported his creativity and sent his works to literary magazines.

Bryusov became a well-known poet and writer, one of the founders of Russian symbolism, influencing many generations of poets. He managed magazines and publishing houses and was for a long time the director of the Moscow Literary and Artistic Circle.

After his father's death in 1907, according to his grandfather's will, the capital was divided among the grandchildren, and the house passed into the ownership of Valery Yakovlevich and his brother Alexander.

In 1910, the house was sold for 65,000 rubles to a neighbor, trading agent Alexander Robertovich Gertsenberg, and Valery Yakovlevich moved to Meshchanskaya Sloboda.

Renovation and Restoration

In the 1990s, the house was completely renovated (demolished and rebuilt) and became part of the "Elina" office center, which was added to it in the courtyard.