Art

Russia and Russians through the eyes of foreign artists (PICS)

20 fascinating portraits of the Romanovs you’ve probably never seen before

Getty Images

How the Soviets hid TONS of museum treasures in World War II

Legion Media

10 international masterpieces you can see only in Russia

Legion Media

5 fantastic reasons to visit the Pushkin Museum

Tretyakov Gallery

Wild steppe & life of nomads in Russian art (PICS)

Getty Images; Henri Matisse/State Hermitage

How French artist Matisse ended up in Russia

Alexander Labas/Tretyakov gallery

How a Soviet artist glorified the sky & high speeds (PICS)

Museum of Oriental Art

20 must-see masterpieces from the Museum of Oriental Art in Moscow

15 best SUMMER paintings in Russian art (PICS)

Maxim Pechenkin

Janitor from Nizhny Novgorod draws enormous images on snow (PHOTOS)

Russia Beyond (Photo: Anna_Pakutina/Getty Images; Tretyakov Gallery)

How a provincial merchant created drama theater in Russia

Russian masterpieces on display OUTSIDE Russia (PICS)

Soviet SUMMER through the eyes of artist Arkady Plastov (PICS)

Russian museum

What is going on in Konstantin Makovsky’s ‘Kissing Rite’ painting?

Russia Beyond (Russian Museum; Moscow Kremlin Museums)

In what paintings can you find the treasures of the Moscow Kremlin? (PICS)

Anna Kornilova

‘An icon is the soul of a Russian’: Trials & tribulations of a young, female icon painter

10 knitted works by contemporary Russian artists (PICS)

Uffizi Gallery

How did Ivan Aivazovsky's self-portrait end up in the Uffizi Gallery?