Tretyakov Gallery (Old) Moscow

Tanya and I were finding somewhere to sit and eat lunch. We were walking through Red Square and decided to sit on the grass at the foot of the Kremlin's north wall with a view of the famous amazing multi-onion domed church. We were just seated when a man came up and flashed a state security badge at us. We weren't permitted to sit this close to the …

... and its placed right in the centre of Moscow near the Kremlin. We then wandered down to the Tretyakov gallery and again were served by a barking russian lady who didn't speak any English. We were quite surprised because there are never any english ...

... somebody upset the sculptor and this was his method of revenge. - Red Square and St. Basils Cathederal. - Tretyakov gallery, great Russian art. - Lenin Mauseleum. Leave your bags and cameras at the luggage deposit. Guards search you as you ...

... bank account. We dragged ourselves away from the underpass and went to the Sculpture Park that is opposite Gorky Park. The Tretyakov Gallery of twentieth century art sits in this sculpture park. Here we noticed a series of covered walkways and guess ...

... that morning just talking.  This is why I love hostels.             Anyway, the next day, Liz and I went to the Tretyakov Gallery.  This is where I fell in love.  It was all Russian artwork and a whole floor of icons by Rublev and ...

... the more when I see them again. We traveled along the river to go to the National Portrait Gallery or the State Tretyakov Gallery where there are many Russian artists displayed.  Again, we were lucky to be able to pay a fee and take photos.  I ...

... with its giant golden domes. Then further south to meet up with the others for lunch and a look round the Tretyakov Gallery. A vast collection of Russian (pre 1917) art, the highlight being the best collection of icons on the planet. A fond farewell ...

... Moscow in the afternoon we enjoy what is one of the highlights of the tour thus far, a tour of the Tretyakov Gallery, an enormous museum of Russian art. Natalia has a great knowledge of these works of art, and a real passion for talking about them, and ...

... and here I am just hanging out in it! After thinking how lucky I am, I trot off in a slight rain to the Tretyakov Gallery, a nice gallery with many of Russia's best paintings, icons, and sculptures. Two hours in there and I was done (I love museums ...

... , surrounded by imposing guards. Very, very strange. Our other cultural concession was to visit the New Tretyakov gallery, home to a vast collection of 20th century Russian art. Considering the history of Russia in the 20th century, it was a remarkable ...

... the German cemetery in a part of town that nobody had any idea how to get to or to navigate - visiting the Tretyakov gallery with Allochka (a proper Paris-based painter -- shameless plug), who expounded on, among other things, early Russian iconography ...