i absolutely nukus is stunned nukus museum houses the richest collection. st. petersburg and the tretyakov gallery in moscow. but i could not imagine that there was another magnificent treasury of the avant-garde of the 20th century. at the same time, she in no way repeats what is in the other two museums, on the contrary, she completely combines all this into a single whole, since in the collection of the soviet we find works by artists of entire groups of artists who are not shown there. this is a huge contribution to the history of art of the xx century in history of the avant-garde. generally. inspired by the success of a competitor, castache finds an abandoned mansion in the center of moscow and appeals to the minister of culture, ekaterina furtseva , with a proposal to open the first museum of contemporary art in the soviet union on the basis of the collection he collected, and to make him a director, but receives a categorical refusal. he became very friendly with the features. he begged her. give me this mansion. i'll fix him up. and i donate the en