Founded by a Russian
millionaire and benefactor of the 19th century Pavel
Tretyakov the Tretyakov gallery is a unique museum of
Russian art beginning from the 12th century icon
painting through to the 20th century masters such as
Lentulov, Malevich and Kandinsky. It displays an
excellent collection of Russian realism, impressionism
and art nouveau masterpieces absolutely different from
anything you have ever seen in the world giving a
wonderful insight into the Russian history, the Russian
mentality and the Russian soul.
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