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The State Russian Museum is the world's largest depository of Russian fine art, located on Arts Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Its total area exceeds 30 hectares, and it ranks among the largest art museums in the world.
The museum was established on the 13th of April 1896, upon the enthronement of Emperor Nicholas II, to commemorate his father Alexander III. Its grand opening to the public took place on the 17th of March 1898.
The main building is the Mikhailovsky Palace, a Neoclassical former imperial residence designed by Carlo Rossi and built between 1819 and 1825. It was originally the home of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich and retains Italianate interiors from its imperial era.
After the Russian Revolution of 1917, many private collections were nationalized by the Soviet government and relocated to the Russian Museum. Kazimir Malevich's Black Square arrived through this nationalization process.
Yes. The first overseas branch of the State Russian Museum opened in March 2015 in Malaga, Spain. It occupies 2,300 square meters of exhibition space in La Tabacalera, a 1920s tobacco factory, and displays works ranging from Byzantine-inspired icons to Soviet-era social realism.
In 2022, the Russian Museum attracted 2,651,688 visitors, ranking twelfth on the list of the world's most-visited art museums.