5 Facts About Tretyakov Gallery

1. In 1985, the Tretyakov Gallery was administratively merged with a gallery of contemporary art, housed in a large modern building along the Garden Ring, immediately south of the Crimean Bridge.

2. At that time, Tretyakov Gallery owned over 1,300 paintings and 500 graphic works as well as a collection of sculptures and icons.

3. In 1985, the Tretyakov Gallery was administratively merged with a gallery of contemporary art, housed in a large modern building along the Garden Ring, immediately south of the Krymsky Bridge.

4. On June 3, 1918, the Tretyakov Gallery was declared owned by Russian Federated Soviet Republic and was named the State Tretyakov Gallery.

5. In 1977 the Tretyakov Gallery kept a significant part of the George Costakis collection.