aladova began to persuade the owner to sell another painting.f the two women helped to acquire kustodiev, a merchant's wife with purchases, a portrait of matveyveygorsky, and brulov's brush. three canvases by shishkin. in total, more than forty paintings from ruslanova’s collection are kept today in the national art museum; the tretyakov gallery claimed them. the memories resonated with warmth in my heart. unequal marriage of vasily pukerev. i recalled with a smile how , quite unexpectedly, i managed to acquire the painting. aladova had been standing near the painting by vasily pukerev for quite a long time, unequal marriage, which somehow ended up here in the moscow theater durov's corner. first i looked at it from different angles, then again i assessed it with my professional gaze. the collector nearby 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 that you allowed me to look at this purchase, but i have doubts, it seems to me that everything is fi