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State Russian Museum
The world's biggest collection of Russian art is in an elegant palace in Saint Petersburg and has masterpieces by Repin, Aivazovsky, Bryullov and Kandinsky.
History of the museum
Tsar Alexander III wanted a national museum of Russian art, and after his death in 1894 Tsar Nicholas II opened the Russian Museum in the Mikhailovsky Palace in 1898. It grew after the revolution, with gifts from famous painters. It's the home of Repin's Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks and Bryullov's Last Day of Pompeii.
Top pieces
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The Last Day of Pompeii Karl Bryullov, 1833 -
The Ninth Wave Ivan Aivazovsky, 1850 -
Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks Ilya Repin, 1891
In our gallery from here (15)
Reply of the Zaporozhian CossacksIlya Repin · 1890
The Ninth WaveIvan Aivazovsky · 1850
Barge Haulers on the VolgaIlya Repin · 1870
The Last Day of PompeiiKarl Bryullov · 1833
Moonlit Night on the DnieperArkhip Kuindzhi · 1880
Red SquareKazimir Malevich · 1915
SadkoIlya Repin · 1876
Ceremonial Sitting of the State Council on 7 May 1901 Marking the Centenary of its FoundationIlya Repin · 1903
Black CircleKazimir Malevich · 1924
The Last SupperNikolai Ge · 1863
Evening in UkraineArkhip Kuindzhi · 1878
Knight at the CrossroadsViktor Vasnetsov · 1882
Lake. RussiaIsaac Levitan · 1899
Christ and SinnerHenryk Siemiradzki · 1873
Autumn (Vase)Léon Bakst · 1906