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Letters, diaries and other documents
A page of Pavel Tretyakov’s note-book (1862–1863)
The Tretyakov Gallery Archives
#1 2004 (02)
27292
A page of Pavel Tretyakov’s note-book (1862–1863)
The Tretyakov Gallery Archives
#1 2004 (02)
27293
Last will and testament of Sergei Mikhailovich Tretyakov (fragment)
#3 2004 (04)
27294
The floor plans of the Novosibirsk Opera House
The territory occupied by the Tretyakov Gallery branch storage rooms are marked in red pencil. 1943
#2 2005 (07)
21095
The decree of the Moscow district court dated 24 August 1899 about validation of the last will of Pavel Tretyakov
#4 2005 (09)
27295
Tretyakov’s letter to his wife Vera Nikolaevna Tretyakova sent from Paris on September 17, 1878
#1 2006 (10)
27296
Envelope of Diaghilevʼs letter to Viktor Vasnetsov. December 2 1898
ГТГ
#3 2009 (24)
27297
Diaghilevʼs visiting card with the address of the office of the “World of Art” magazine
Late 1890s – early 1900s
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2009 (24)
27298
Invitation to the dinner honouring Diaghilev at the restaurant of the Metropol Hotel
(prior to March 24, 1905)
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2009 (24)
27299
Menu of the dinner honouring Diaghilev. March 24, 1905
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2009 (24)
27300
Menu of the dinner honouring Diaghilev: the guestsʼ autographs. March 24, 1905
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2009 (24)
27301
Envelope of Diaghilevʼs letter to Pavel Tretyakov
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2009 (24)
27302
List of paintings from Pavel Tretyakovʼs collection selected by Diaghilev for printing in the “World of Art” magazine
Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2009 (24)
27303
Leo Tolstoyʼs letter concerning assistance to the prisoner Yegorov, whose case was investigated by Alexander Zhirkevich. 1898
Leo Tolstoy Museum, Moscow
#2 2010 (27)
27304
Title page of the Index to the so-called “Khotev’s Moscow city plan of 1852-53”
#1 2012 (34)
27305
Estate of Alexei Yershov indicated on p. 157 of the Index to “Khotev’s Moscow city plan”
#1 2012 (34)
27306
Estate of Vasilissa Korovina indicated on p. 160 of the Index to “Khotev’s Moscow city plan”
#1 2012 (34)
27307
Detail of the Rogozhskaya suburb on the Moscow city plan drawn by A. Khotev
Published 1852-53
#1 2012 (34)
27308
![Programme notes for a concert featuring Anton Rubinstein. [1880s]](https://www.tg-m.ru/catalog/sites/default/files/catalog/photos/rubin08.jpg "Programme notes for a concert featuring Anton Rubinstein. [1880s]")
Programme notes for a concert featuring Anton Rubinstein. [1880s]
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2012 (36)
21536
Pavel Tretyakov’s letter to Vera Tretyakova, February 24 1880
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2012 (36)
27309
Pavel Tretyakov’s letter to Ilya Repin, October 17(29) 1881
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2012 (36)
27310
Pavel Tretyakov’s letter to Vera Tretyakova, February 20 1875
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2012 (36)
27311
TITLE PAGE OF PEER GYNT
Photo by DeAgostini
Специальный выпуск. НОРВЕГИЯ - РОССИЯ: НА ПЕРЕКРЕСТКАХ КУЛЬТУР
27312
Congratulations. Tretyakov Gallery Magazine, 10th Anniversary Celebration
December 2, 2013
#2 2014 (43)
21545
Certificate of Appreciation
Mr. Symington and the Executive Director of ARCCF Alexander Potemkin presented the magazine with their official "Certificate of Appreciation"
#2 2014 (43)
27313
A receipt issued to Pavel Tretyakov by the Moscow Society of Art Lovers. December 26, 1894
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery. First publication
#3 2014 (44)
27314
Telegram from Alexander Zamoshkin, Director of the Tretyakov Gallery, to Chief Restoration Artist Yevgeny Kudryavtsev, Acting Director of the Novosibirsk Branch. April 7 1944
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
#2 2015 (47)
27315
![Alexander Zamoshkin’s Certificate of Merit. [1949]](https://www.tg-m.ru/catalog/sites/default/files/catalog/photos/47_05.jpg "Alexander Zamoshkin’s Certificate of Merit. [1949]")
Alexander Zamoshkin’s Certificate of Merit. [1949]
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
#2 2015 (47)
27316
Moscow return/entry permission for evacuated employees of the Tretyakov Gallery. October 30 1944
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
#2 2015 (47)
27317
Transportation document for art works of the Tretyakov Gallery which arrived on November 3 1944 from Novosibirsk to Moskva-Tovarnaya (Goods) station. November 18 1944
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
#2 2015 (47)
27318
Letter from Alexander Zamoshkin, Director of the Tretyakov Gallery, to Chairman of the Arts Committee of the Council of People’s Commissars Mikhail Khrapchenko with programme of the Opening Ceremony at the Tretyakov Gallery. April 2 1945
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery First publication
#2 2015 (47)
27319
First page from the guestbook of the Tretyakov Gallery. May 1945
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery. First publication
#2 2015 (47)
27320
Memoirs of Yelena Silversvan, Chief Custodian of the Tretyakov Gallery, about the opening ceremony. [1965]
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
#2 2015 (47)
27321
Diaries of Marina Gritsenko. 1943-1946
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
#2 2015 (47)
27322
Diaries of Marina Gritsenko. 1943-1946
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
#2 2015 (47)
27323
Marina Gritsenko’s Diary No. 4. August 28-November 8 1943
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery. First publication
#2 2015 (47)
27324
“For the Defence of Moscow” medal certificate awarded to Marina Gritsenko. 1944
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery. First publication
#2 2015 (47)
27325
Telegram from Nicholas Roerich to Alexei Shchusev. May 6 1913
First publication
Private collection
#1 2016 (50)
21599
Map showing the route of the journey of Alexander II to Livadia. 1868
Russian State Archive
#4 2016 (53)
17371
Unknown author. “On the Portrait of Alexander Pushkin”, a Poem
From the album owned by the family of Feodosia town governor Pavel Gayevsky
Private collection, Moscow
#4 2016 (53)
17373
Autograph of Princess Maria Golitsyna
From the album owned by the family of Feodosia town governor Pavel Gayevsky. Oak gall ink on paper.
Private collection, Moscow
#4 2016 (53)
17375
Leo Tolstoy’s letter
concerning assistance to the prisoner Yegorov, whose case was investigated by Alexander Zhirkevich. 1898
Leo Tolstoy Museum, Moscow
#4 2016 (53)
17380
Title page of the collection of poems "To Friends"
St. Petersburg, 1899
#4 2016 (53)
17381
LÉON BAKST. A page from the manuscript of the novel “Cruel First Love”. 1923
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
#2 2017 (55)
17392
Letter from Zinaida Gippius to Léon Bakst. August 1 1923
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
#2 2017 (55)
17394
Letter from Konstantin Stanislavsky to Alexei Shchusev, July 5 1928
First publication
Private collection, Moscow
#2 2017 (55)
27053
KONSTANTIN STANISLAVSKY. At the Courthouse. Scene VIII, Act V. 1926-1927
Double-spread page of Shchusev’s notebook.
Pencil on paper.
First publication
Private collection, Moscow
#2 2017 (55)
27054
Title page and vignettes of the Charter of the Imperial Academy of Arts
The Academy Research Museum
#4 2017 (57)
16845
Report of Ivan Shuvalov to the Governing Senate on establishing the independent Russian Academy of Arts
#4 2017 (57)
16847
Catherine II’s edict of November 4 1764, signed by her
Russian State Archive of Ancient Documents
#4 2017 (57)
16849
Peter the Great’s edict ordering to establish an Academy of Fine Arts and Sciences. Original copy. 1724
Russian State Archive of Ancient Documents
#4 2017 (57)
16851
Title page with the owner's inscription of Ivan Shuvalov and the round seal of the Academy of Arts
#4 2017 (57)
16853
Receipt signed by Yuly Bruni for works purchased by Pavel Tretyakov. 1891
#1 2018 (58)
17892
Goncharova's poem “Of course, you and I are sisters…”
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery. F. 180. Item 232. P. 48
#2 2018 (59)
20434
Marina Tsvetaeva's poem "To Natalia Goncharova" with dedication to Natalia Goncharova. 31.12.1928
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery. F. 180. Item 1814. P. 2 - 2 reverse
#2 2018 (59)
20445
Title and last pages of Marina Tsvetaeva's manuscript about Natalia Goncharova. 1929
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery,
F. 180. Item 9133. P. 1,
F. 180. Item 9133. P. 103
#2 2018 (59)
20447
Goncharova's poetic will "My beloved friends, I beg you…”. 1957
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
F. 180. Item 262. P. 1
#2 2018 (59)
20449
![Natalia Goncharova's poem "To Mayakovsky". [First half of the 1930s]](https://www.tg-m.ru/catalog/sites/default/files/catalog/photos/f180ed259list33.jpg "Natalia Goncharova's poem \"To Mayakovsky\". [First half of the 1930s]")
Natalia Goncharova's poem "To Mayakovsky". [First half of the 1930s]
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
F. 180. Item 259. P. 33
#2 2018 (59)
20451
Goncharova's poem "I did not build a home for myself in foreign lands..."
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
F. 180. File 2. Item 232. P. 62
#2 2018 (59)
20452
Natalia Goncharova's poem "To me, it was a strangers' land..."
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
F. 180. Item 255. P. 1
#2 2018 (59)
20455
Cover of the “Exhibition of the Works of Vassili Verestchagin: Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue”
American Art Galleries, New York, 1888
#4 2018 (61)
22783
Notes and drawings from Pavel Nikonov’s diary. 1960
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery. Fund 4. Unit 3148
#2 2019 (63)
25544
Notes and drawings from Pavel Nikonov’s diary. 1960
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery. Fund 4. Unit 3148
#2 2019 (63)
25546
Notes and drawings from Pavel Nikonov’s diary. 1960
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery. Fund 4. Unit 3148
#2 2019 (63)
25558
Pages from Pavel Nikonov’s notebook recording the second meeting the creative intelligentsia with Nikita Khrushchev, March 7 1963, Moscow
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery. Fund 4. Unit 3148
#2 2019 (63)
25550
A 1960 drawing from Pavel Nikonov’s notebook
Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery. Fund 4. Unit 3148
#2 2019 (63)
25552
Letter from V. Matisov, a diplomat at the Soviet Embassy in Paris, about the gift of works by Constantin Kousnetzoff to the Tretyakov Gallery
Archive of the artist’s family
#2 2019 (63)
25574
Catalogue of the “Exposition Officielle des Beaux-Arts” 1945 exhibition
#2 2019 (63)
25594
Anna Pavlova from the ballet "La Sylphide"
Theatre poster, 1912
London
Private collection
#2 2019 (63)
25616
Certificate of Sofia Bityutskaya, chief custodian of the Tretyakov Gallery, accompanying the medal “For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945”
April 2 1946
© Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
#1 2020 (66)
27744
Telegram from Maria Kolpakchi, senior researcher, in Perm to the director of the Tretyakov Gallery, Alexander Zamoshkin, at the Novosibirsk Branch
April 3 1944
The text reads: “Salaries for second half February not received. Circumstances difficult…”
© Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
#1 2020 (66)
27746
Draft design of the roll for transportation of paintings developed by restorers of the Tretyakov Gallery
October 1940
#1 2020 (66)
27748
Letter from the Administration of the Tretyakov Gallery to the Regional Trade Department, Novosibirsk
September 23 1942
© Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
#1 2020 (66)
27754
Specification for roll No. 1 (crate No. 88) with evacuated paintings by Viktor Vasnetsov, Ilya Repin and Vasily Surikov
July 1941
© Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
#1 2020 (66)
27756
Identity card of the director of the Tretyakov Gallery Alexander Zamoshkin
1943
© Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
#1 2020 (66)
27758
Telegram from researcher Nadezhda Mneva to the Tretyakov Gallery, Novosibirsk Branch
September 1 1943
© Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
#1 2020 (66)
27760
Restoration project for the main staircase of the Tretyakov Gallery, destroyed in a night bombing attack on August 12 1941
The sculpture of Joseph Stalin in the background [1943]
© Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
#1 2020 (66)
27762
Memorandum from Grigory Yulianov, Director of Novosibirsk Opera House, to Milda Bush, Deputy Director of the Tretyakov Gallery Branch
July 22 1943
© Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
#1 2020 (66)
27776
Travelling certificate of Maria Kolpakchi, who accompanied works from the Tretyakov Gallery to evacuation in Perm. 1941
© Department of Manuscripts, Tretyakov Gallery
#1 2020 (66)
27786
Certificate of Award from the 1876 International Exhibition in Philadelphia for ceramics (ornamental clay tiles) presented by the Stroganov School Museum of Applied Arts
#2 2020 (67)
28480
Receipt issued to Pavel Tretyakov on the purchase of Maria Yakunchikova-Weber’s painting “Autumn”
January 18, 1898
© Manuscript Department of the Tretyakov Gallery
#3 2020 (68)
29306
Invitation to the exhibition opening in Berlin
February 1929
© Manuscript Department of the Tretyakov Gallery
#1 2021 (70)
30270
Invitation to lectures at the City Art Library of Berlin
February-March, 1929
© Manuscript Department of the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
#1 2021 (70)
30274
Invitation card for the opening of the “Russian Icons” exhibition at the Kunsthalle Hamburg
April 1929
© Manuscript Department of the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
#1 2021 (70)
30276
“Colonial exhibition at the Ethnographical Museum”, article from the newspaper “Die Hamburger Woche”, June 1912
© Museum fur Völkerkunde Hamburg
© MARKK
#1 2021 (70)
30348
Programme of “Künstlerclub” of September 1792, signed by the members who joined by 1803
© City Archive of Nuremberg
#1 2021 (70)
30362
Power of attorney on the Torgsin form. 1931
Archive of Records Department, Kuskovo Memorial Estate
#2 2021 (71)
30883
Withdrawal records. 1930
Archive of Records Department, Kuskovo Memorial Estate
#2 2021 (71)
30885
Withdrawal records. 1931
Archive of Records Department, Kuskovo Memorial Estate
#2 2021 (71)
30887
Grigory Chirikov’s visiting card. 1910s
Published for the first time
Private collection
Special edition "St. Anastasia Chapel in Pskov. An Artistic Collaboration Between Alexei Shchusev and Nicholas Roerich"
31800
The score of the opera “Sadko“ with Rimsky-Korsakov’s autograph, Scene II
Glinka National Museum Consortium of Musical Culture, Moscow
#3 2021 (72)
31527
Poster for Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera “Sadko”
Mamontov’s Russian Private Opera, Moscow. 1897
#3 2021 (72)
31529
Poster for Rimsky-Korsakov’s opera “The Tale of Tsar Saltan”
Opera Singers Society of the Russian Private Opera, Moscow. 1900
© Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow
#3 2021 (72)
31531