The mahogany cabinet of the second quarter of the 19th century stood in Mikhail Bulgakov’s apartment in Nashchokinsky Lane — in the dining room, combined with the living room; there was a grand piano next to it.

Mikhail Bulgakov with his third wife Elena moved into a new apartment in the Writers’ House in Nashchokinsky Lane in February 1934.

Bulgakov was allowed to move into the apartment ahead of schedule, as he could no longer stay in Bolshaya Pirogovskaya Street: the new tenant threatened to evict the writer at any moment. In a letter to his friend, writer and translator Vikenty Vikentyevich Veresaev, in October 1933, Bulgakov complained about the new tenant,

Already in March 1934, Mikhail Bulgakov shared with Veresaev his impressions of the new apartment,

The Bulgakovs shared their large balcony with their neighbors — the family of the writer Yevgeny Iosifovich Gabrilovich. There is a photograph of Mikhail Bulgakov on this balcony, which was taken by his friend Natalia Abramovna Ushakova.

The Bulgakovs’ guests later recalled the antique furniture and many books in the apartment — not only in the study, but also in the hallway, in the dining room.