ART MUSEUM

Situated in a superb turn-of-the-century house which alone is worth a visit, the museum has a fine collection of Russian painters from the 17th to the 20th century. The first room is devoted to icons with notably beautiful pieces from the 16th and 17th centuries, and there is also an astonishing collection of Asian decorative arts. The second part of the museum, devoted to European painters, is housed in a modern building on the Prospekt Chekhova, at No. 60.