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The Sadriddin Ayniy house-museum is located in the city of Samarkand. This house-museum is dedicated to the life and work of the renowned Uzbek and Tajik writer, translator and literary scholar Sadriddin Ayniy. Ayniy lived in this house from 1917 until the early 1950s. The house-museum is still operating. The museum is open every day from 9:00 to 20:00.

Sadriddin Ayniy’s former house is located in the old city center, on Registan Street, not far from Registan Square and ensemble and the Amir Timur mausoleum. On the roadside, in front of the house, the “Poets’ Square” and the 2nd secondary school named after Mirzo Ulugʻbek are located. In this dwelling Sadriddin Ayniy hid from the persecution of Bukhara ruler Said Olimxon in 1917. In general, Ayniy lived in this house for almost 35 years, until the early 1950s. The house is divided into two parts, the first part from the late 18th century – early 19th century, the second part built in the 1930s by Ayniy himself and his friends.

In 1967, at the initiative of the leader of Uzbekistan Sharof Rashidov, the Ayniy house-museum was opened.

In the house-museum, Sadriddin Ayni’s living rooms and two work rooms have been preserved. He wrote works such as “Odina”, “Eski maktab”, “Qullar”, “Yatim”, “Mukanna qoʻzgʻoloni” in exactly this room, which brought him fame among Tajik and Uzbek writers and literary figures. In the house-museum you can see Soviet and pre‑Soviet items, furniture and objects, the writer’s personal belongings, his desk. In the corner of a room called “Naqshinkor” (decorated, painted) there is a winter‑used sandal placed. In the neighboring sitting room he received guests such as Gʻafur Gʻulom, Abdurauf Fitrat, Hamza Hakimzoda Niyoziy, Abdullo Gʻani, Mirtemir, Usmon Nosir, Hamid Olimjon, and sometimes other famous poets and writers who came to stay overnight at Ayni’s house. In the yard of the house the trees planted by Ayni himself have grown, among them: two apple trees (the writer’s favorite fruit), a peach tree and grapes.

In addition, the house hosts an exhibition of his works, the writer’s books published in many languages, and original manuscripts printed in newspapers and journals of that period. The exhibition includes an 8‑volume set in Uzbek, a 15‑volume set in Tajik, a 6‑volume set in Russian, as well as several volumes in Persian and other languages. For a long time the Sadriddin Ayni bust, which was on the street, i.e., next to Ayni’s house, was installed in the yard of the house. Also, cultural events and creative meetings are held in this house‑museum.