for elena vasilievna alladova, her whole life was here.ery exhibit, a piece of her soul that she put into a work of art. each of them has its own story. aivazovsky's painting, the ship's last breath. events came to mind. another visit to moscow straight to lydia ruslanova. and as always with jars of branded lingonberry and pear jam, kumpyachkom. aladova began to persuade the owner to sell another painting. the strong friendship of the two women helped acquire kustodieva, a merchant with purchases. portrait of matvey veregorsky, brushes by bryulov, 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. she remembered with a smile. how then, quite unexpectedly, i managed to acquire the painting. aladova had been standing for quite a long time in front of vasily pukerev’s painting - an unequal marriage, which somehow ended up here in the moscow d

on may 22, 1907 , elena alladova, the future honored artist, was born in pruzhany into a family of teacherscollector, custodian of spiritual values, for a third of a century, head of the country's main art museum. in 1937 , elena vasilyevna became a researcher in the group creating the first state art gallery in belarus. collecting became the meaning of her life; sometimes, before offering masterpieces from the third edition, leningrad and moscow collectors invited the minsk guest to visit them. thanks to elena vasilyevna’s tireless search, the art museum actually restored the collection that was looted in 1941. during her tenure, 30 expeditions were carried out, more than 700 churches in the western regions of belarus were examined. almost single-handedly, elena alladova managed to collect so many masterpieces that even during her lifetime, about the belarusian museum collection of paintings. they started talking about her as the richest woman in europe, and elena vasilyevna herself was called the belarusian tretyakov. may 25, 1933. the role of the main character was played by the brillian

may 22, 1907 in pruzhany elena alladova was born into a family of teachers, the future honored artist of the bssr, collector, custodian of spiritual values ​​for a third of a century, who headed the main art museum. country in 1937, elena vasilyevna became a researcher in the group that created the first state art gallery in belarus. collecting became the meaning of her life. sometimes, before offering masterpieces of the third forging, leningrad and moscow collectors invited a minsk guest. thanks to elena vasilievna’s tireless search, the art museum actually restored. the collection was looted in 1941, 30 expeditions were carried out, more than 700 churches in the western regions of belarus were examined. on may 25, 1933 , the state opera and ballet theater was opened in minsk, the first production was carmen. the role of the main character was played by the brilliant larisa aleksandrovskaya. during the great patriotic war, the capital of belarus was turned into ruins. many theater artists went to the front. immediately after liberation , the team returned to minsk in december 1944 ,

restored immediately after the liberation of the capital in july forty-four. collector became elena alladova small gallery staff. paintings by artists with belarusian roots, such as belynychsky beruli, and works by russian artists were purchased. works by contemporary belarusian artists were actively purchased with her support. moreover, even she gave her order for the writing of certain works. as an example , we can cite when mikhailavich sovetsky bought the partisan madonna, which... then, at her request, mikhail andreevich sovitsky painted the partisan madonna of minsk, which is on our permanent exhibition. simultaneously with the work on restoring the museum’s rich collections, the issue of constructing an art museum building was discussed. he should become the pride of the republic. hunger, devastation, the government has only been working in minsk for a few weeks, are on the agenda. economic issues, support for science, presidium meetings along with the most important culture. during the most difficult post-war period , work began on the project for a new museum building. it was entrus