The Hermitage (handmade leather binding, golden cut)

Gold binding gift with gold embossing.
Hermitage - the great world and Russian museum. Millions of people come to him to Petersburg, but he managed to maintain the meaning of the name given to him by the founder - Catherine II. And today the Hermitage continues to be a place of solitude. At any time and modes, people here find refuge from the daily problems of the outside world.
For this, there is everything in the Hermitage: gold of the Scythians and ancient Greeks, Buddhist frescoes and Byzantine icons, Sasanid silver and Muslim bronzes, Chinese silk and Venetian lace, a brilliant collection of European painting - Leonardo, Raphael, Titian, Rembrandt, Rubens, Rubens, Rubens, Rubens, Rubens El Greco, Velazquez, Poussen, Cezann, Matisse, Picasso, Kandinsky, Malevich ... Jewelry Posya and Faberge, Saure and Vedzhwood, English silver and gold dishes of Augsburg and much more. There is a whole constellation of wonderful architectural monuments, which are one of the main exhibits of the museum - the exhibit is rare and instructive. Hermitage buildings are a whole museum of architectural masterpieces. This is also a wonderful city -forming complex - the heart of St. Petersburg