Тема: Museums and picture galleries

One can see masterpieces of old and modern art in various picture galleries and museums . There are nearly a thousand museums in Russia” many of them being world famous. The largest collection of Russian art is the Tretyakov Art Gallery in Moscow.

About 100 million people a year, across all social groups, attend some 2000 museums and galleries open to the public, which...
"Swan Upping" is one of Spencer's best known pictures . This painting has an air of hightened reality; the light reflected...

The state Tretyakov Gallery is one of the best-known art galleries in Russia.
Since then, the gallery had received hundreds of pictures from other museums and private collections. It has a rich collection of old Russian icons.

A great number of wonderful pictures are offered there. Everyone can find some kind...
The State Hermitage in St Petersburg is one of the world's most outstanding art museums . It is the largest fine arts museum in Russia.

Since then, the gallery had received hundreds of pictures from other museums and private collections. It has a rich collection of old Russian icons.

The policy of planned distribution of art treasures among the museums carried out by the state, enabled the Hermitage not only to fill up many gaps and deficiencies by adding to its picture gallery Italian paintings of the 13th-15th centuries...

...thus establishing the first museum in Russia. An excerpt from his will reads: « Desirous of facilitating the establishment...
...I hereby bequeath my entire picture gallery and the works of art contained therein, as well as my half of the house