• Russian museum

You should definitely visit the Russian Museum and feel the spirit of Russian art.

The Russian Museum is the world's largest Museum of Russian art located in the historical center of St. Petersburg. It is the country's first state Museum of Russian fine art, founded in 1895. The Museum's collection includes about 400,000 exhibits and covers all the historical periods of the development of Russian art, the main types and genres, during more than 1000 years: from the X to the XXI century, from ancient icons to works of avant-garde. The main exposition of the Museum is located in the Mikhailovsky Palace (arch. Karl Rossi, 1819-1825), built for the son of Emperor Paul I Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich.