1) In the mid-19th century.
2) He especially fond of the works of'the Peredvizhniki' (or Wanderers).
3) Peredvizhniki— the artists who belonged to the Society of Travelling Art Exhibitions.
4) In his house in Lavrushinsky Pereulok.
5) In 1881.
6) He donated it to the city of Moscow.
7) By Andrei Rublev.
8) Yes, for example, Simon Ushakov (1626-1686). The great Russian icon painter, a favorite of Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich.
9) Rokotov, Levitsky, Borovikovsky, Shchedrin.
10) The gallery has the best collection of the Peredvizhniki, such as Kramskoy, Perov, Ghe, Yaroshenko, Myasoyedov, and others.
11) Surikov, Repin, Vereshchagin, Vasnetsov, Levitan.
12) Serov, Vrubel, Kustodiev.
13) Canvases of modern painters are housed in the new building situated on Krymskaya Naberezhnaya (Crimean Embankment).
14) I have never been to the Tretyakov gallery, but I really want to go there and see the paintings of great artists.
15) My favorite Russian artist is Ivan Aivazovsky. He is the author of such wonderful paintings as "the Ninth shaft" and " Pushkin's Farewell to the sea".
