The Russian Museum

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The collection of engraving in the Russian Museum consists of around 80,000 sheets and covers the entire history of engraving in Russia.The first collection of engraving entered the museum in 1916. Two years later the museum acquired another seven thousand engravings. By the mid-1930s the heart of the collection of old engraving had been formed. Additions to the works of twentieth century masters were begun in the 1950s and continue to this day.