From the city"s bustling thoroughfare - Nevsky Prospekt - a stunning view opens up onto an imposing, yet light building. This is the Mikhailovsky Palace - a masterpiece of Russian Neoclassical architecture. The building is now home to the State Russian Museum - the world"s largest collection of Russian fine art.

The Russian Museum opened its doors to the public on 7/19 March 1898. For over a century, thousands of people of all ages and nationalities have made the pilgrimage to this temple of culture, home to a thousand years of Russian art.

Формат: 21 см х 30,5 см. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The Russian Museum Guidebook (Владимир Гусев, Евгения Петрова)