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Answer 1

Day of the foundation of the Tretyakov Gallery is considered to be May 22, 1856. On this day, collector, merchant and textile manufacturer Pavel Tretyakov purchased a painting of artists Nikolai Shilder "Temptation" and Vasily Khudyakov "The confrontation with Finnish smugglers". Having set himself the goal of creating a museum of the Russian national school of painting in his younger years, Tretyakov devoted more than 40 years to this. In 1881 the gallery was open to the general public. In August 1892 Tretyakov gave his meeting as a gift to Moscow. At that time, the collection included 1287 paintings, 518 drawings and 9 sculptures. Later they were supplemented by paintings belonging to his brother Sergei Tretyakov (1834-1892) (the Russian part of the collection went to the Tretyakov Gallery, Western European paintings were later transferred to the Rumyantsev Museum, now the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

Answer 2

I can answer your question in English.

The Tretyakov Gallery is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, that has the largest collection of Russian fine art in the world. It was founded by Pavel Tretyakov, a wealthy merchant who donated his personal collection of more than 2,000 works to the Russian nation in 1892.

The gallery has more than 130,000 exhibits, ranging from ancient icons to modern paintings. Some of the most famous works in the gallery are Theotokos of Vladimir, a 12th-century icon of the Virgin Mary; Trinity, a 15th-century icon by Andrei Rublev; Black Square, a 1915 abstract painting by Kazimir Malevich; and Composition VII, a 1913 expressionist painting by Wassily Kandinsky.

The gallery is located in a historic building that was designed by Viktor Vasnetsov, a painter who created a fairy-tale style for the façade. The gallery also includes several nearby buildings, such as a 17th-century church and a gallery of contemporary art. The gallery is open from Tuesday to Sunday, and the admission fee is 500 rubles for adults and 250 rubles for students.

If you want to learn more about the Tretyakov Gallery, you can visit its official website or read its Wikipedia article . You can also see some of the artworks online through the Joy of Museums website or the Britannica website . I hope this information was helpful. Have a nice day.Tretyakov Gallery