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BADEK NEWS 47

First. On December 4, 2011 there were the elections to GosDuma in Russia. To-day there were shown the results of these elections. The distribution of the seats at GosDuma: the United Russia-238 seats, the Communist Party of the Russian Federation-92 seats, the True Russia-64 seats, the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia-56 seats. The Regional Government…

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A Generous Russian Soul, Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov (1832-1898), a Founder of Moscow Tretyakov Art Gallery

The Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, Russia, a world-famous museum of Russian art, was founded by Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov (1832-1898), a highly educated man with wide-ranging interests. The cover of the book “The State Tretyakov Gallery Moscow”, Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad, 1975 is shown here alongside with his portrait done by I. Repin. When he first…

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