Irina Bukhantsova

RUSSIA’S GOLDEN MAP

Irina Bukhantsova, Lyudmila Snytko
Treasures of Russian Art in the Collection of the Sukachev Irkutsk Art Museum

№2 2008 (19)

The Irkutsk Art Museum named after Vladimir Sukachev (the Sukachev Irkutsk Art Museum) is sometimes called the “Siberian Tretyakov Gallery” or the “Siberian Hermitage” because of the richness and diversity of the museumʼs collections: Russian art from the earliest time, Western European and Oriental art – paintings, drawings, sculpture, applied art; folk art, numismatics, archaeology, and other collections. The department of Siberian art spanning a period from the Palaeolithic age to the present day is unique. The collection has more than 20,000 items overall.