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Welcome to the Institute of Russian Realist Art, or IRRA!
The museum was established in 2011 by the businessman and art collector Alexey Ananiev as a private initiative aimed at reviving the traditions of art patronage in Russia.
The IRRA museum is located in one of the oldest buildings in Moscow’s Zamoskvorechie district, a former cotton-printing factory built in the late 19th century. The Institute’s collection is rightfully considered one of the finest collections of the national realist school of the 20th century. The Institute was conceived and created to introduce and promote the national school of realism.
Hundreds of works of Russian and Soviet art are exhibited at the Institute of Russia Realist Art.
This guide contains some of the most outstanding and significant paintings from the permanent collection – they are not mere pictures, however - rather they tell us the exciting story of Russian life from the late 19th century up to the present day.
The Institute’s collection includes paintings across a wide range of periods and styles – from works by the Russian Impressionists and social realists, through innovative artists of the Society of Easel Painters, and on to the founders of the “severe style” and the hyperrealists.
Tour stops
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Nikolay A. Klodt (1865–1918). Rural Landscape. Late 19th — early 20th century. Oil on canvas. 49 by 80 cm
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Nikolay P. Krymov (1884–1958). Winter in the Countryside. 1947. Oil on canvas. 29 by 62.5 cm
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Leonard (Leonid) V. Turzhansky (1875–1945). Song of Spring. 1913. Oil on cardboard. 54 by 106.5 cm
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Nikolay A. Tarkhov (1871–1930). A Cat and a Hen with her Chicks.1910s. Oil on canvas. 54.5 by 81 cm
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Stanislav U. Zhukovsky. Interior with a Samovar. 1914. Oil on canvas. 106.3 by 100.5 cm
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Nikolay P. Bogdanov-Belsky. (1868–1945) Country Boys 1916 Oil on canvas. 156.5 by 124 cm
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Konstantin А. Korovin (1861–1939). Winter Landscape.1919. Oil on canvas. 70.5 by 98.5 cm
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Igor E. Grabar (1871–1960). Winter Day. The Corner of a House with Snow. 1904. Oil on canvas. 62.5 by 71.5 cm
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Isaak I. Brodsky (1883–1939). Portrait of Kliment Voroshilov in the Office.1929. Oil on canvas. 116 by 87 cm
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Alexander I. Laktionov (1910-1972). Portrait of Colonel Vasily Tsvetkov 1941. Oil on canvas. 121 by 95.5 cm
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Vasily S. Svarog (1883-1946). Kliment Voroshilov and Maxim Gorky at the Red Army Central House Shooting Gallery.1935 Oil on canvas. 110.5 by 136 cm
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Alexander M. Gerasimov (1881-1963). Meeting of the US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. The Tehran Conference 1944. Oil on canvas. 74.5 by 89.5 cm
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Gavriil N. Gorelov (1880-1966). Family Portrait Early 1920s Oil on canvas. 71.5 by 87.5 cm
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Viktor G. Tsyplakov (1915-1986). Self-Portrait (Playing the Ocarina) 1949. Oil on canvas. 96.5 by 83.5 cm
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Georgy G. Nissky (1903-1987). Above the Snows. 1964. Oil on canvas. 87 by 166 cm
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Yury I. Pimenov (1903-1977). 1973. Oil on canvas. 94.5 by 94.5 cm
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Alexander N. Samokhvalov (1894-1971). Portrait of a Pilot.1933. Oil on canvas. 89 by 64.5 cm
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Sergey A. Luchishkin (1902-1989). 1936-1976. Oil on canvas. 70 by 103.5 cm
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Alexander A. Deyneka (1899-1969). Sportswoman Tying a Ribbon. 1950s. Sanguine and charcoal on paper. 99 by 79 cm
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Vladimir V. Lebedev (1891-1967). Portrait of the Boxer Alexey Bakun. 1937. Oil on canvas. 50.5 by 39.5 cm
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Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva (1871-1955). Oil Derricks near Baku. 1916. Tempera on canvas. 51,5 х 76,5 cm
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Alexander A. Osmerkin (1892-1953). Portrait of an Old Lady in a Black Beret. Late 1940s-Early 1950s. Oil on canvas. 70.2 by 50.2 cm
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Alexander V. Kuprin (1880-1960). Crimea. Sudak. Mount St. George 1929. Oil on canvas. 76.5 by 125.5 cm
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Porfiry N. Krylov (1902-1990). Still-life with Lilacs in a Vase. 1958. Oil on canvas.119.5 by 89.5 cm
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Olga P. Vaulina (1902–1996). Aeromodeller. 1930s. Oil on canvas.115 by 90 сm
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Viktor N. Perelman (1892-1967). Creation of the Newspaper (“Izvestiya” Printing House) 1929 (?) Oil on canvas.105,5 х 140 см
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Fyodor P. Reshetnikov (1906‒1988) Mother and Daughter 1950s Oil on cardboard. 35 by 24 cm
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Georgy K. Savitsky (1887–1949). On the River Bank in Kasimov.1946. Oil on canvas. 54 х 89,5 сm
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Yakov D. Romas (1902-1969) On the Raft 1949 Oil on canvas. 120 by 195.5 cm
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Sergey V. Gerasimov (1885‒1964). On the River Bank. Mozhaysk.1920s, third quarter of the XXth century. Oil on plywood 57,5 х 94, 5 см
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Arkady A. Plastov (1893–1972) Portrait of my Son with a Magnifying glass 1941–1943 Oil on canvas. 57 by 50 cm
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Sergey V. Gerasimov (1885-1964) Portrait of Alexandra Gerasimova. Late 1940s. Oil on canvas. 90 by 70 cm
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Arkady A. Plastov (1893-1972). The Countryside in March 1947-1948. Oil on canvas. 210 by 157 cm
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Arkady A. Plastov (1893–1972) Sheep grazing. 1943–1944 Oil on canvas. 120 by 183.5 cm
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Vasily Pochitalov (1902-1973). In March near Tarusa.1968. Oil on canvas. 80 х 70 cm
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Alexey M. Gritsay (1914-1998). The Veranda. 1950s. Oil on canvas. 80 by 68 cm
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Vladimir D. Nesterov (born 1932). The Earth Is Listening. 1965. Oil on canvas. 158.5 by 255 cm
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Andrey I. Plotnov (1916–1997). Goodbye, People of Earth! 1979. Oil on canvas. 80 by 100 сm
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Pavel F. Nikonov (born 1930). Builders of Bratsk 1959. Oil on canvas. 79.5 by 100.5 cm
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Irina V. Shevandronova (1928‒1993). The Children of a Country Doctor. 1964. Oil on cardboard. 49 by 70 cm
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Valentin I. Polyakov (1915-1977). In Front of the Mirror. 1958. Oil on canvas 79,8 х 93,3 cm
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Vyacheslav F. Zhemerikin (1942-2005). Masha the Cook. From the series “We Are at the BAM” (Baikal-Amur Mainline Railway) 1976. Oil on canvas. 100 х 100,5 сm
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Lev S. Kotlyarov (1925- 2007). Nurses. Resting After a Shift. 1956. Oil on canvas. 80 by 100 cm
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Yury S. Podlyasky (1923-1987). From the Collective Farm Fields. 1951-1952. Oil on canvas. 114, 5 х 190, 5 cm
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Vitaly I. Tyulenev (1937-1997). Timber Drifters 1967. Oil on canvas. 170 by 330.5 cm
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Evsey E. Moiseenko (1916-1988). Portrait of the Artist Nikolay Zolotarev. 1967. Oil on canvas. 120.5 by 105 cm
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Nikolay N. Baskakov (1918-1993). On Russian Soil. 1966-1967. Oil and tempura on canvas.120 by 220 cm
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Semyon A. Rotnitsky (1915‒2004). Leningrad Metro Workers ‒ Nadezhda Alexeeva and Faina Tyagusheva 1971‒1972. Oil on canvas. 115 х 105.5 cm
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Semyon A. Rotnitsky (1915‒2004). Portrait of Yury Loman.1975. Oil on canvas. 95 х 100 сm
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Mikhail P. Konchalovsky (1906-2000) Samovar (Russian Teapot) 1972 Oil on canvas. 81 by 94.5 cm
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Karl S. Fridman (1926-2001) A Country Wedding. 1971‒1973. Oil on canvas. 158 х 204 cm
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Eduard G. Bragovsky (1923-2010). Hello! How Is the Work Going? 1969. Oil on canvas. 179.5 by 220 cm
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Dmitry D. Zhilinsky (1927-2015). Eternal Memory for the Artist. 1997. ДСП, темпера. 199,5 х 140 см
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Dmitri D. Zhilinsky (1927-2015). The Spring of the Moscow Art Theatre. 1988 Tempera on particleboard. 165 by 349.5 cm
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Tair T. Salakhov (born 1928). Bazaar in Bukhara. 1956. Oil on canvas. 99 by 78.5 cm
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Tair T. Salakhov (born 1928) Portrait of Irina Strueva. 2000. Acrylic on canvas. 100.5 by 80 cm
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Viktor E. Popkov (1932–1974). Abakan-Taishet 1959. Gouache on paper. 58 by 82 cm
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Viktor E. Popkov (1932-1974). Three Artists. 1962-1963. Oil on canvas. 160 by 225.5 cm
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Viktor E. Popkov (1932-1974) Spring Is Coming. Self-Portrait. 1963. Oil on cardboard. 62 by 74 cm
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Viktor E. Popkov (1932-1974). A Square in Ruza 1974. Oil on cardboard. 86,5 х 105 сm
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Igor A. Popov (1927‒1999). The Moskva River Spit. 1980. Oil on canvas. 135 by 180 cm
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Igor P. Obrosov (1930-2010). 1937. Mother and Father. Expectation 1967 (?). Tempera on fibreboard. 136.5 by 122.5 cm
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Nikolay I. Andronov (1929-1998). Self-portrait at the museum. 1986 — 1996. Oil on canvas. 89.5 by 70 cm
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Andrey V. Vasnetsov (1924-2009). Still life with Fish. 1956 (?), 1959 Oil on canvas. 67 by 163 cm
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Viktor I. Ivanov (born 1924). In Café “Greco”. 1974. Oil on canvas. 184.5 by 204 cm
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Viktor I. Ivanov (born 1924). Haymakers. 1991. Oil on canvas. 220 by 297 cm
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Pyotr P. Ossovsky (1925-2015) Sketch for the painting "Three Generations". 1958. Oil on plywood. 72 by 100.5 cm
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Pyotr P. Ossovsky (1925-2015). Pyotr and Kirill, Pskov Blacksmiths. 1967. Oil on canvas. 184.5 by 249 cm
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Vladimir F. Stozharov (1926‒1973). Muftyuga. High water 1966. Oil on cardboard. 56 by 105 cm
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Efrem I. Zverkov (1921-2012) High Water.1970. Oil on canvas. 80, 5 х 100 см
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Valentin M. Sidorov (born 1928). The Last of the Snow. 1969. Oil on canvas. 84 by 94 cm
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Yury P. Kugach (1917‒2013). A Wedding. 2000 Oil on canvas. 135.5 by 280.5 cm
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Mikhail U. Kugach (born 1939). Homecoming. 2005. Oil on canvas. 200 by 160 cm
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Boris M, Nemensky (born 1922). It’s Us, Lord! 1960‒1995. Oil on canvas. 136, 5 х 280,5 cm
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Konstantin M. Maksimov (1913-1993). Burnt by the War. 1985-1986. Oil on canvas. 94 х 92, 5 сm
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Nikolay K. Solomin (1916 - 1999). Following the Cossacks 1978‒1980. Oil on canvas. 200 х 300 сm
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Sergey P. Tkachev (born 1922), Alexey P. Tkachev (born 1925) Comrades. Russian Field From “They Fought for the Motherland” series. 2003-2005. Oil on canvas. 176.5 by 136.5 cm
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Sergey P. Tkachev (born 1922), Alexey P. Tkachev (born 1925). The Newlyweds. 1974. Oil on canvas.132.5 by 220.5 cm
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Sergey P. Tkachev (born 1922), Alexey P. Tkachev (born 1925). The Children. 1962. Oil on canvas. 88 by 138.5 cm
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Gely M. Korzhev (1925‒2012) A Female Tenant.1997. Oil on canvas.115 by 230 cm
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Gely M. Korzhev (1925‒2012) Hostages of War. 1998‒2005. Oil on canvas. 312.5 by 440 cm
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Gely M. Korzhev (1925 - 2012). A Ladder (Social Shelving) 2008. Oil on canvas. 120 х 120 cm
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Vadim V. Dementiev (1941–2015) Vorobyevsky Forest 1981 Oil on canvas. 115 by 166 cm
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Stepan F. Korotkov (born 1956). “At the TsIPK Hotel”. Triptych. 1991-1992.103,5 х 102 cm
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Ivan A. Polienko (born 1950). A Window in Arbat Street. 1995. Oil on canvas. 160 х 130 cm
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Evgeny S. Vakhtangov (1942-2018) Novoarbatsky Lane. 1981 Oil on canvas 140 by 100 cm
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Mikhail A. Roginsky (1931-2004) Evening Moscow 1997 Oil on canvas 100 by 100.5 cm
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Vitaly P. Vlasov-Klimov (1933-2004). April. 1986-1995. Oil on canvas. 95.5 by 135 cm
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Alexey N. Sukhovetsky (born 1953). Apollo’s Chariot. 2002. Oil on canvas. 141 by 232 cm
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Yury A. Shishkov. Carring Out. 1997–1998. Oil On Canvas.124.5 by 180 cm
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Andrey V. Volkov (born 1948) “Morning”. Triptych 1978 Left panel: “Gatehouse” Oil on canvas. 120 by 100 cm Central panel: “Trolleybus” Oil on canvas. 120 by 110 cm Right panel: “The Roofs” Oil on canvas. 120 by 100 cm
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Alexander N. Petrov (1947-2019) Traffic Lights. Early 1990s. Oil on canvas. 182.5 by 162.5 cm
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Alexander N. Petrov (1947-2019). A Sunny Day at Baikonur. 1986–1987. Oil on canvas. 160 by 180 сm
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Semyon N. Faibisovich (born 1949) Waiting. 1989. Oil on canvas. 197 by 297 cm
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Mikhail G. Abakumov (1948-2010) Pyatnitskiye Gate in Kolomna,1990. Oil on canvas, 120 by 80.6 cm
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Evgeny M. Kravtsov (born 1965). Palaschelye Village. Farewell 1996. Oil on canvas. 160.5 by 250.5 сm
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Igor M. Orlov (born 1935) A Terrace 1972 Oil on canvas 135 by 156 cm
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Mikhail N. Izotov (born 1956) Vladimir. A View onto the Dormition of the Virgin Cathedral.1995. Oil on canvas. 135 х 190.5 cm
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Andrey A. Yakovlev (1934-2012) First Small Steps. Taymyr 1967 Oil on canvas 60 by 80 cm
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Vladimir A. Igoshev (1921-2007) A Young Mansi Girl 1979 Oil on canvas 80 by 64 cm
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Kim N. Britov (1925–2010) Near Mstyora. Golden Autumn 1999 Oil on fibreboard. 80 by 160 cm
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Grigory L. Chainikov (1960-2008). The Young Coquette. 2003 Oil on canvas, 160 by 90 cm
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Anton V. Stekolschikov (born 1967) The Motherland. 2004–2005. Oil on canvas. 100 by150 cm
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Vladimir V. Yanaki (born 1980). Abundant Autumn. 2006-2006. Oli on canvas, 170,5 by 260 cm
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Nikolay Ni. Solomin (born 1940) Good Luck (No Feather, No Down). 2002. Oil on canvas. 80 by 120 cm
Reviews
10 reviews
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10-12-2019
Большое спасибо за экспозицию и аудиогид!
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05-27-2019
Fantastic museum where I discovered such talented painted that deserved to be known all over the world. I will highly recommend your museum to people visiting Moscow. Special thanks to a passionate guide Rita that made a huge difference with her explanations.
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04-14-2019
Прекрасная коллекция картин! Открыли для себя много новых имён!
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01-27-2019
Просто великолепно
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11-25-2018
отличный музей! многие работы останутся в памяти. очень хочется, чтобы и к другим картинам появились пояснения - слишком много вопросов!
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