Speaking about art gallereys of Moscow we must mention the

most famous gallereys.

The State Tretyakov gallery is one of the best known picture

gallereys in Russia. It takes it's name from it's founder Pavel

Tretyakov, a Moscow mercant. In the 19'th century Tretyakov began

to collect russian paintings. He visitet all the exibitions and

art studios and bought the best pictures. Little by little

Tretyakov extended his interests and began to collect earlier

Russian paintings. In 1881 Tretyakov opened in St. Peterburg to

the public, 11 years later he donated it to the city of Moscow.

Since then the gallerey has received hundred paintings from oter

museums and private collections. The Tretyakov gallerey reflects

the whole history of Russian paintings from 11'th century to the

present day.

Also I'd like to tell you about state pushkin museum of fine

art. The building was built in Greek stile by Roman Klein in 1898

- 1912 to house a museum of fine art, founded of initiative of

professor Ivan Cvetayev. Since 1937 it has be known as The Puskin

museum of fine art. It has one of the worlds largest ancient

collections of european art. Now the picture gallerey has over 2

thousands works of various schools of painting which enaibous us

to understand and appreciate the variaty of staills over the

centuries.

The Pushkin museum pereodically hald's exibition of the art

of various countries and of individual outstanding artist of past

and present.