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THE HERMITAGE
MUSEUM
The State
Hermitage is one of the world biggest art and culture museums.
Founded in 1764, the Hermitage comprises eight departments: the Primitive
Culture, the Culture of Antiquity, the Culture of the East, the History of
Russian Culture, the Numismatics, the West European Culture, etc.
There are over 350 halls in the Hermitage. The museum keeps 15 thousand
paintings, 12 thousand sculptures, over 600 thousand monuments of archeology,
over one million coins and medals, and 4224 thousand items of applied arts.
Quite a lot to see!
Paintings of such great masters as Leonardo da Vinci, Titian, Raphael,
Rembrandt, Poussain, Manet, Renoir are in the ownership of the Hermitage.
THE RUSSIAN MUSEUM
Established in 1895 as the centre of art and history.
The museum was opened in 1898 and named after its founder "The Emperor
Museum of the Russian Art named after Alexander III". From 1917 it's called
" The Russian Museum".
The museum owns the Russia biggest collection of paintings, sculptures,
drawings, items of applied and folk art. The exhibitions show ancient icons
and the collections of items of the 18th-20th centuries.
MEMORIAL MUSEUM OF DOSTOYEVSKY
The museum was opened in 1971 to honour the 150th anniversary of the great
Russian writer. The interiors of the apartment where Dostoyevsky spent last
years of his life are reconstructed with some personal effects of the writer
exhibited.
THE APARTMENT OF PUSHKIN
The museum was opened in 1925. It is the last apartment of the poet,
reconstructed to the plot-plan and memoirs of Pushkin's contemporaries.
The exhibits include the articles that belonged to Pushkin as well as some
household items.
THE CENTRAL NAVAL MUSEUM
One of the largest world navy museums, that was established in 1709. The
museum exhibits the items related to the Russian Fleet, and the traditions
of Russian sailors.
The museum stores over 800 thousand exhibits including 2 thousand ship
models, over 7 thousand items of arms, weapons, and military facilities.
There is also the authentic boat of Peter the Great, which was built by the
tsar himself and it is considered to be "The Father of the Russian Fleet".
THE MUSEUM OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
It is one of the world biggest collections of musical instruments that was
created in1902. There you can see instruments which belonged to the great
masters.
YUSUPOV PALACE
Since 1830 the Yusupov Palace belonged to Princes Yusupovs family. The
building was constructed to the design of J-B Vallen-Delamote. The Palace
retains the genuine 18th century Empire style interiors.
ETHNOGRAPHICAL MUSEUM
The exhibitions of the Museum illustrate the everyday life and culture of
the peoples of Russia in the 19th-20th centuries.
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