The Tretyakov Gallery is in Moscow not far from the Kremlin and it is the national treasury of Russian fine art. The Moscow merchant and industrialist Pavel Mikhailovich starting a collection of works of art by artists of his day. He Tretyakov (1832-1898) founded the museum in 1856 by presented his collection to the city in 1892. Today, all the art inside the gallery, which includes more than 180,000 works, is by Russian artists who have made a contribution to the history of Russian art. Artworks from the 11th to the early 20th century are displayed in one building on Lavrushinskiy Pereulok and the more modern works including many by post-war avant-garde artists are in a new building on Krymskiy Val. The Lavrushinskiy Pereulok site has 62 rooms filled with art. It has an amazing collection of Russian art including many famous paintings by Isaac Levitan such as the masterpiece "March”. There is also the Engraving Room which has an impressive collection of engravings including the Rovinsky Collection, the Mosolov Collection and many others which used to belong to Russian nobles and the royal family. The museum also houses a large collection of ancient, medieval, Russian and Soviet coins, medals, plaques and banknotes. The gallery on Krymskiy Val is also called the House of Artists. Here you can see a fine collection of early modern art - including Malevich's "Black Square" and Kandinsky's "Composition VII". DISCUSS • Do you like art? Who is your favourite artist? What is your favourite style of art? Why? If you could create any kind of art, what would it be? Why? ACTIVITY Help us find out about a museum. Do some rese favourite one and tell u