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The State Russian Museum
The State Russian Museum is the world’s largest collection of Russian art, housed in a unique architectural complex in the historical centre of St Petersburg. It was the first museum of Russian art, initiated by Emperor Alexander III
The museum collection contains over 400 000 exhibits covering all major periods and trends in the history of Russian art, all main types and genres, trends and schools of Russian art over more than a thousand years: from the X to the XXI century.
Collections of the Russian museum
Painting of the XVIII – early XIX centuries
Кarl Brullov.
An Italian Midday 1827
Art of Old Russia
The Entombment. Embroidered shroud
Early 15th century
Painting of the second half of the XIX – early XXI centuries Sculpture of the XVIII to early XX centuries Ivan Prokofiev
Volkhov and Neva. 1801
Battle in the Heavens. 1912
Prints Collection Contemporary Art
Yury Vasnetsov.
Ivan Plyushchev (Plyushch).
The Cat, the Cockerel and the Fox
Episode 1. From the While the Roosters Haven’t Crowed series
1938
2011
The collection is accommodated in buildings that are outstanding monuments of the XVIII-XIX century architecture: Mikhailovsky, Stroganov, Marble Palaces, and Mikhailovsky Castle. Mikhailovsky Garden and Summer Garden.