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Those who have a passion for art will find at The State Tretyakov Gallery an impressive place with 62 rooms and 100,000 world masterpieces, the finest collection of Russian painting from the 10th to the end of the 19th Century.

Founded by the great Moscow industrialist and patron Pavel Tretiakov, the collection was then donated to the city of Moscow. It was to become a spectacular museum, world’s most important gallery of Russian art.Russian literature is perfectly illustrated by the artists of the same period, with all the the concerns and ideals that animated it.

For those who prefer the modern Russian art, The New Tretyakov Gallery houses Malevich’s Black Square, Kandinsky’s Composition VII and important works by Chagall.