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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The Angel with Golden Hair
18th-19th century
The Last Day of Pompeii by Karl Brullov, 1830–33
The Ninth Wave by Ivan Aivazovsky, 1850
Barge Haulers on the Volga by Ilya Repin, 1870–1873
Sadko by Ilya Repin (1876) Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks by Ilya Repin, 1880–1891 Moonlit Night on the Dnieper by Arkhip Kuindzhi, 1880 The Great Taking of the Veil by Mikhail Nesterov, 1898 Portrait of Murtaza Kuli Khan by Vladimir Borovikovsky The Brazen Serpent by Fyodor Bruni Phrine at the Festival of Poseidon at the Eleusinia by Henryk Siemiradzki Christ's Appearance to St Mary Magdalene by Alexander Ivanov Portrait of Maria Rumyantseva by Aleksey Antropov Bogatyr by Viktor Vasnetsov Portrait of an Unknown Woman in a Violet Dress by Evgraf Fedorovich Krendovsky Last Supper by Nikolai Ge
Modern (19th-20th century) Ceremonial Sitting of the State Council on 7 May 1901 Marking the Centenary of its Foundation by Ilya Repin, 1903 Black Circle by Kazimir Malevich Red Square by Kazimir Malevich Red Cavalry by Kazimir Malevich, 1932 Portrait of Ivan Pavlov by Mikhail Nesterov, 1930 Portrait of Jack Hunter by Nicolai Fechin Portrait of Chaliapin by Boris Kustodiev Cyclist by Natalia Goncharova