It is the fifth city in the world to have been linked with the Russian museum.

"We would also like to exhibit works from other Russian museums."

Reminiscent of this time period are Russian museums in the city.

Some works in the Russian museums were too delicate to travel.

In recent years his work has also been acquired by numerous Russian museums.

Tour officials were later surprised to learn that none of the money had gone to the Russian museums.

It was the first Russian museum of that type.

And since 1990 some Russian museums have been buying at auction.

"We were tremendously lucky to have had willing partners in these Russian museums."

Its initial creation was based on collections from several small specialized Russian museums.