Russia Business Directory

General information

Ministry for Culture and Communication of Russia  - official site (rus)
From Russia with Art – a comprehensive source of data on art in Russia (rus)
Art in Russia- theatre, cinema, music, literature, museums, galleries (rus/eng)
Museums in Russia - extensive list containing more than 500 museums in Russia (rus/eng)
All-Moscow.ru - full list of Museums in Moscow (rus/eng)
Art and culture news in Russia on-line (rus)
Arts events across Russia  (by the British council in Russia)
Russian Art Gallery, London – Russian art on sales online: information on artists, paintings (eng)
Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow - general information, program, ordering tickets (rus/eng)
The Moscow Kremlin, Moscow - is situated in the very center of the capital of Russia; the site contains  information on the Kreml’s history, collections, exhibitions (rus/eng)
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. The Hermitage collections of works of art (over 3,000,000 items) present the development of the world culture and art from the Stone Age to the 20th century (rus/eng)
The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg - a unique depository of artistic treasures (contains 400.000 exhibits), a leading restoration center, an authoritative institute of academic research; the museum collection embraces all forms, genres, schools and movements of art  (rus/eng).
Art Library of the State Russian Museum (rus/eng)
The State Tretjyakov Gallery/the National Museum of fine Russian Art, Moscow - the national treasury of Russian fine art and one of the greatest museums in the world, containing more than 130 000 works of painting, sculpture and graphics, created throughout the centuries by successive generations of Russian artists (rus/eng)
Tzarskoje Selo, the State Museum, St. Petersburg. An unique architectural complex, which for two centuries has been considered to be the imperial summer residence - general information, history, collection and exhibitions
Pavlovsk Palace; St. Petersburg  - residence built for Russian Tsar Pavel 1, the only son of Catherine the Great, located southeast of the city of St. Petersburg. General information, pictures from the palace, tours (eng)
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow. Opened in 1912 on the basis of the University Museum of Fine Arts, embracing all periods from the ancient times to the New Age. The first institution of this type in Russia (rus/eng)
The Pushkin Museum, St. Petersburg. Fully devoted to Russia’s greatest poet Alexander Pushkin. General information (rus)
Novosibirsk State Art Musem - pictures, artists, artistical periods etc. (rus/eng)
Museum of Decorative-Applied and Folk Arts, Moscow. Established in 1981, represents a collection of about 40.000 pieces - specimens of wood carving, painting on wood, weaving, pottery, embroidery, lace, painted lacquer work from Palekh, Fedoskino, Mstiora and Kholui, and many exhibits representing other folk crafts.
Art Museum of Nizhni Novgorod - history, collection, some paintings (rus/eng)
Museum of Musical Culture – established in 1912 on the base of Conservatorium, one of the central museums of this kind. Collection of music, musical instruments and articles (rus/eng)
Memorial House of Fyodor Shalyapin – a museum devoted to Russia’s most famous singer Fyodor Shalyapin (rus/eng)