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If you like art, there is a museum that you should not miss in Moscow: the State Tretyakov Gallery, the main Russian national art museum. Let me assure you that you will be surprised by the Russian painting collection of this museum, through which you can better understand the history of Russia. In this post I\u2019ll explain how to organize your visit and what works you should not miss.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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 0. THE ORIGINS OF THE MUSEUM and the different buildings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When I was in the Hermitage shop, glancing through an artbook, I found a list of the seven best art museums in the world: the Hermitage, listed as the first and, below it were the Louvre, the Met, the Van Gogh, the Prado and the Rijks. The seventh was the Tretyakov museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The State Tretyakov Gallery is one of the most important museums in the country, the best in Moscow and the main repository of Russian art, an essential place for art lovers. Its art pieces range from medieval icons to the trends of Soviet socialist realism or the avant-garde, passing through the main national painters throughout the centuries, reaching to these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Museum Founder<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Its name is due to Pavel Tretyakov, a Moscow textile merchant art collector, who began his acquisitions in 1856. His brother, Sergei, also helped him. In 1892, when he already had 2,000 collected works, he gave his legacy to the city. A year later, the official inauguration of the museum took place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This great philanthropist died in 1898 and is buried in the unique and beautiful Novodevichy cemetery<\/a>. Surely, he had no idea of the great popularity that his private painting collection would reach. Here you can see a portrait of Pavel Tretyakov, by Ilya Repin (1883):<\/p>\n\n\n

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A museum located in different buildings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It is important that you know that different museum spaces are grouped together under the brand and named State Tretyakov Gallery. The most important are the State Tretyakov Gallery<\/strong> itself, where works from the 11th century are exhibited, all the way till the beginning of the 20th<\/sup> century, and the New Tretyakov Gallery<\/strong>, in which you can see representations of contemporary Russian art of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Both museums are really centric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tretyakov State Gallery, the New Tretyakov Gallery and other branches with their own name, are estimated to house more than 180,000 works, one of the most precious Russian artistic treasures, mainly paintings but also sculpture works and other graphic artworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. STATE TRETYAKOV GALLERY (Lavrushinsky Lane, 10), the main building<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The main exhibition of the Tretyakov Gallery, and that everyone visits, is the one located in Lavrushinsky Lane, 10, a very centric location, a 15-20 minutes\u2019 walk from Red Square<\/a>, the Kremlin<\/a> or the Cathedral of Christ Savior<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The closest metro station to the Tretyakov Gallery is Tretyakovskaya station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n