 | The Michailovsky Palace where the Russian Muesum is situated was built by the architect K. Rossi at the beginning of the XIX century for Alexander I´s brother Michail. It became a museum of Russian art at the end of XIX century. In its collections there are paintings by Brullov, Ayvazovsky, Repine, Kuingy and many other great masters. The museum also owns collections of sculptures, applied art and numismatics. The museum also has a number of branches: the infamous Michailovsky castle where the emperor Paul I was murdered, the Marble and Stroganov palaces, the Summer palace of Peter I and the Benua´s case. |