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The
State Russian Museum is the world's largest museum of Russian
art. The collection of the Russian Museum numbers some 400,000
works and covers the entire history of Russian fine art from the
10th century to the present day.It reflects virtually every form
and genre of art in Russia, including a unique collection of Old
Russian icons, works of painting, graphic art and sculpture,
decorative and applied art, folk art and numismatics, as well as
the world's finest collection of Russian avant-guarde.Today the
unique and comprehensive collection of the Russian Museum is an
exceptional opportunity of an all-round, detailed study of the
development of artistic ideas and culture in Russia over a
period of nearly two and a half centuries.
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