TRETYAKOV GALLERY, Introduction
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Hi, my name’s Marcy, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the Wonders of the World, the Tretyakov Gallery.
The Tretyakov Gallery holds the largest collection of Russian art in the world.
You should know that this museum was founded thanks to the backing of the Muscovite financier Pavel Tretyakov, an important collector of Russian art who supported many artists of his time. In 1892, he donated more than 2,000 artworks, his house and other buildings to the city of Moscow.
The gallery now houses about 180,000 works by Russian artists, from 1200 to contemporary times and is divided into two separate buildings, one located in the Lavushinsky Lane and the other in Krymsky Val....