SVETLANA DZHAFAROVA The Museums of Artistic Culture – A Policy of Disseminating Modern Art
Svetlana Dzhafarova is an art historian and since 1997 is scientific researcher in the Russian Institute for Cultural Research under the Ministry of Culture, Moscow. Her article was first published in L’Avant-garde russe – Chefs-d’oeuvre des Musées de Russie 1905-1925, Museée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, 30 janvier-18 avril, 1993. This article is based on archival documents, some of which appear on www.incorm.org/museum. They are indicated in-text by Document number.
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