State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow)

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The State Tretyakov Gallery started in 1856 by Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, the foremost depository of Russian fine art in the world. The Tretyakov Gallery was administratively merged with a gallery of contemporary art, housed in a large modern building along the Garden Ring, immediately south of the Crimean Bridge in 1985. The collection contains more than 130,000 exhibits, ranging from Theotokos of Vladimir and Andrei Rublev's Trinity to the monumental Composition VII by Wassily Kandinsky and the Black Square by Kazimir Malevich.

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Coordinates:   55°44'31"N   37°37'10"E

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  • A marvellous collection of Russian art, worth of seeing