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Joseph Brodsky museum

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       So they've apparently opened a Joseph Brodsky museum -- not this one, in St. Petersburg, but rather, as The Moscow Times reports, Brodsky Museum Opens in Far North Exile Spot.
       That spot is Norenskaya -- and insanely optimistically:
The museum will make Norenskaya a place of pilgrimage for Brodsky lovers from different countries, schoolchildren and university students, said the press service.
       Yeah, okay, sure ..... I note that the Wikipedia page on Norenskaya -- suggesting it really is little more than a spot -- is unclear exactly about how populous it is ... but apparently the 2010 census counted all of seven souls.
       Also: the museum: "is located in a cottage on the spot where Brodsky lived" -- but:
The cottage was in such disrepair that it was knocked down and replaced with a similar cottage found nearby.
       Still, it's a museum, poetry and Brodsky are being celebrated ... who could complain ?

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