State Historical Museum
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The State Historical Museum is the largest national historical museum in Russia. The collection of the museum was formed almost a century and a half and includes about 5 million historical artifacts from ancient times to the present day.
The Historical Museum was established in February 1872 by the decision of Emperor Alexander II. The first museum Charter, compiled by Count A.S. Uvarov, was approved in August 1874. During its existence, the museum was repeatedly renamed.
The building of the museum, built in 1875-1881, is an architectural monument in itself. Such famous artists as I.K. Aivazovsky, V.M. Vasnetsov, V.A. Serov, S.A. Korovin, I.E. Repin took part in the decoration of the halls. The interiors of the museum are made in the style of certain historical epochs. In the paintings there are replicas of famous frescoes of churches and princely palaces.