The lecture Great Treasures of Russian Collectors will be dedicated to such legendary Russian collectors as Pavel Tretyakov, Savva Mamontov, Sergei Schukin and Ivan Morozov. Thanks to their exquisite artistic taste, entrepreneurial flair and fateful luck, Russian patrons of the arts became owners of unique art collections. Visitors will be immersed in the history of formation of these amazing collections, inextricably linked with travels and auctions, communication with artists and art dealers. In addition, we shall find out how iconic masterpieces of world art, such as paintings by Monet and Van Gogh, Matisse and Picasso, found their new home in Russia.