Marina Tsvetaeva's House Museum in Elabuga is the place where the great Russian poetess spent her last days. It is located in one of the oldest settlements of the Republic of Tatarstan, where notable figures such as the artist I. I. Shishkin, scientist V. M. Bekhterev, and the first female officer and writer N. A. Durova were born.

The memorial building is part of the Elabuga historical, architectural, and artistic museum complex, founded in 1989. Together with other objects of the complex, it is a monument of cultural heritage of republican significance and is included in many tourist routes.

Marina Tsvetaeva arrived in this small provincial town in August 1941 with her 16-year-old son Georgy and other evacuees. At that time, her eldest daughter Ariadna had already been arrested, and her husband Sergey Efron had not yet been executed.

The poetess was settled in the house of blacksmith Brodelsikov on a street that was later named Zhdanova and Malaya Pokrovskaya. The owners gave them their bedroom, separated by a thin partition without a door, where a curtain hung instead. The son slept on the bed, while the mother slept on a couch. Despite this, the room was cozy and bright thanks to three windows. Most importantly, the corner was provided to Marina Ivanovna as an evacuee free of charge.

Tsvetaeva lived in this house for only ten days, which were filled with worries. She planned to find a job and get registered in Chistopol, but prolonged depression and harsh reality forced her to take her own life.

On that day, she fried fish, wrote several suicide notes: to her son asking for his forgiveness, to the evacuated writers, and to the Aseevs family in Chistopol asking them to take care of her child. Then she went out to the hallway and committed suicide.

The poetess was buried on September 2, 1941, at the Petropavlovsk cemetery. Stakes were installed at the burial site, but in the spring, they were washed away, and the grave was lost. In 1960, her sister Anastasia Ivanovna Tsvetaeva came to Elabuga and placed a cross at the presumed burial site, which was later replaced with a memorial stone.

The church forgave the suicide only after 49 years, calling it a murder by the regime. The funeral according to Orthodox traditions took place in 1990.

The blacksmith Brodelsikov's house, built in 1925, became a museum only in 2005, as the owners were reluctant to sell it for a long time. During this time, many items that Marina Ivanovna had come into contact with were lost. However, it was possible to recreate the environment of an ordinary Elabuga family from the early 1940s. Many items from the Brodelsikov family have been preserved: a trunk, a Singer sewing machine, a wall mirror, and kitchen utensils.

The exhibition features archival documents and photographs related to Tsvetaeva, including texts of her suicide notes and a copy of her farewell letter to her son. The place in the hallway where the poetess's life ended is marked by an iron rose of remembrance.

The main exhibit of the museum is a small notebook bound in morocco leather, kept under a glass dome. This accessory was brought by Marina Ivanovna from France. In two years, only one word appeared on the last page, 'Mordovia.' Perhaps this is related to the fact that her daughter Ariadna was then in a Mordovian camp.

This unusual item was found in Tsvetaeva's apron pocket after her death and was kept in the carpenter's family for a long time. After his death, the notebook came to Bella Akhmadulina and then returned to the Elabuga house.