"Holy Russia" in the Tretyakov Gallery

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Tuesday Holy Russia opened up to the authorities, yesterday - to the public . The exhibition makes a strange impression : the idea of ​​displaying pre-Petrine Louvre art in the development of both the European equally large in Moscow has become a messianic , " model of an ideal social and state " as the organizers claim . Facilities on the Crimean conceptually divided into seven parts , from " Light in the Desert " ( monasteries ) to the " protectors and mentors "( holy ) . 13th century adjacent to the 18- m -emitting contre stands in the form of crosses contain masterpieces of Our Lady of Vladimir to Ostromir Gospel of St. Old Believers . Habakkuk up to a huge fresco " Battle of Suzdal Novgorod " from the collection of THG . Presented book, you can leaf through digitally , TV on the wall show the Patriarchal service ( on the second floor - Georgia , Catholicos Ilia ) . Intriguing , but does not explain ( there is only nameplates ), porridge , small for the average viewer , the opportunity to see familiar things in a new context for the connoisseur of ancient art .