ART IN MOSCOW

     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.