Collections of the Russian Museum
Among the collections of the Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg in Russia are some of the greatest pieces of Russian art in the world.
The Museum houses collections of sculpture, objets d'art, drawings and paintings including the famous picture gallery.
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18th-19th century
The Last Day of Pompeii by Karl Brullov, 1830–33The Ninth Wave by Ivan Aivazovsky, 1850Barge Haulers on the Volga by Ilya Repin, 1870–1873Sadko by Ilya Repin Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks by Ilya Repin, 1880–1891Moonlit Night on the Dnieper by Arkhip Kuindzhi, 1880The Great Taking of the Veil by Mikhail Nesterov, 1898Portrait of Murtaza Kuli Khan by Vladimir BorovikovskyThe Brazen Serpent by Fyodor BruniPhrine at the Festival of Poseidon at the Eleusinia by Henryk SiemiradzkiChrist's Appearance to St Mary Magdalene by Alexander IvanovPortrait of Maria Rumyantseva by Aleksey AntropovBogatyr by Viktor VasnetsovPortrait of an Unknown Woman in a Violet Dress by Evgraf Fedorovich KrendovskyLast Supper by Nikolai GeSuvorov crossing the Alps by Vasily Surikov
Modern (19th-20th century)
Ceremonial Sitting of the State Council on 7 May 1901 Marking the Centenary of its Foundation by Ilya Repin, 1903Black Circle by Kazimir MalevichRed Square by Kazimir MalevichRed Cavalry by Kazimir Malevich, 1932Portrait of Ivan Pavlov by Mikhail Nesterov, 1930Portrait of Jack Hunter by Nicolai FechinPortrait of Chaliapin by Boris KustodievCyclist by Natalia Goncharova
Soviet art
A Fascist Flew Past by Arkady PlastovCherry by Yevsey MoiseyenkoMothers, Sisters by Yevsey Moiseyenko