Art galleries in Moscow

People who visit Russia must come to see it's capital. Moscow is one of the Russian cities, which is famous for its unique art galleries. The galleries in the city exhibit old Russian icons, modern canvasses as well as sculptures of different historical periods. The works of the most prominent painters and sculptors are represented in the best galleries in Moscow visited by thouthands of tourist spending their Moscow vacation. Tretyakov Gallery is one of the biggest and the most famous of all the art galleries in the city. The most often visited art galleries in Moscow are the Tretaykov Gallery, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of private collections, Moscow Art Center and the Roerich Museum.

The Tretyakov Gallery is one of the best ones in the whole world. The gallery was named after financier and entrepreneur Pavel Tretyakov. Various collections of works of art are presented therefor people who travel to Moscow. The gallery exhibits wonderful Russian icons of different times, 19th century realists works, avant-garde and symbolic canvases. The collections of works presented in this gallery are unique.

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Roerich Museum is a small museum in Moscow representing the works of Nicholas Roerich and his family, who was a famous artist and scholar of the 19th and 20th centuries. He traveled in many countries of the world, where he created most of his canvasses. Nowadays it is not well known among tourists, however this is a must see place for those who spending Moscow vacation. The museum offers rare and exquisite paintings and drawings of Nicholas Roerich, which can be of great interest for the people fond of 20th century art. The museum is closed on Monday and works from Tuesday to Sunday from 11 am.

The Museum of Modern Art is also very popular among tourists who visit Russia and locals interested in art. The museum has a vast collection of works of art, the number of which exceeds thousand works.The museum has wonderful works of 20th century, which represent European art with all major schools.

Another place in Moscow tours that should be visited is the Moscow Arts Center, where works of modern artists are exhibited. The center has vast collections of works of art and often organizes various exhibitions and presentations of new works.

Matreshka- symbol of Russia and Moscow

Russian people love myths. They love to tell centuries old myths to their children and to create a new ones. All myths are truth of past that has been retold and transformed by many generations. It was common that historical fact has become a fantastic myth, with exciting detailes like in a thrilling detective. The same have happened with famous Russian toy- matreshka.

Matreshka is the famous and most popular Russian suveniour, this is one of the facts about Russia. Tourist from all over the world love this big eyes beauties in colorful dresses. Matreshka and its big family- is a symbol of a wide Russian soul, bright symbol of national culture. It is not only a nice toy but also a storeroom of memories about country and your visit Russia.

The name of matreshka is coming from Matrena, which from Latin means grand lady. There is a myth that if you put a note with a wish inside of it, wish will of course come true. And the more skillfull, with higher quolity it is crafted, the faster a dream will come true. Taking into concideration that there are usually 10 more matreshka inside the first one, you can wish all you can, and just wait till it will come true.