aladova began to persuade the owner to sell another painting.ip of the two women helped to acquire. kustodieva, merchant with purchases, a portrait of matvey veregorsky in the national art museum; the tretyakov gallery claimed them. the memories resonated with warmth in my heart. the unequal marriage of vasily pukerev, i recalled with a smile, how then, quite unexpectedly, i managed to acquire a painting. aladova had been standing for quite a long time in front of the painting by vasily pukerev - unequal marriage, which somehow ended up here in the moscow durov corner theater. first i looked at it from different angles, then again i assessed it with my professional gaze. near the collector who was there was already starting to get nervous. this is a copy, a very good copy, but the artist himself has nothing to do with it. i am grateful to you for allowing me to look at this copy. but i have my doubts. it seems to me that everything is quite obvious. then, perhaps, i'll take her. i'll buy it. then alladova turned out to be right. the restoration