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The Tretyakov Gallery

The Tretyakov Gallery is in Moscow not far from the Kremlin and . The Moscow merchant and industrialist Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov (1832-1898) founded the museum in 1856 . He presented his collection to the city.

Today, all the art inside the gallery, , is by Russian artists who have made a contribution to the history of Russian art. Artworks from the 11th to the early 20th century are displayed in one building on Lavrushinskiy Pereulok and the more modern works including many by post-war avant-garde artists are in a new building on Krymskiy Val.

The Lavrushinskiy Pereulok site has 62 rooms filled with art. It has an amazing collection of Russian art and Ilya Repin such as masterpieces “March” and “Burlaky on the Volga”. There is also the Engraving Room which has an impressive collection of engravings including the Rovinsky Collection, the Mosolov Collection and many others which used to belong to Russian nobles and the royal family. The museum also houses a large collection of ancient, medieval, Russian and Soviet coins, medals, plaques and banknotes. The gallery on Krymskiy Val is also called the House of Artists. – including Malevich’s “Black Squuare” and Kandinsky’s “Composition VII”.

The Tretyakov Gallery is open every day except Mondays from 10 am to 7 pm and the House of Artists is open every day except Mondays from 10 am to 8 pm. Admission costs from 50 -130 rubles for children and students are from 100-225 rubles for adults. .