aladova had been standing for quite a long time in front of the painting by vasily pukerev - unequalehow 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 of the painting showed that this is the author’s repetition of pukerev. to the question that she was often asked, how she determines the authenticity of a painting, she answered simply. i look, i look, i determine. she replenished his collections with works venerable authors, discovered new names in the national fine arts. world class collection. today, the collections of the national museum contain about 3,000 exhibits, which amount to more than twenty different