At the "Great. The Image of Women in Russian Art" exhibition at the Russian Museum, you’ll encounter paintings that conceal entire eras and extraordinary destinies which shaped the nation’s history.

To coincide with the exhibition, VTB’s podcast “Cultural Country” has launched a special season of immersive audio plays, where heroines from famous Russian portraits tell their stories in the voices of MXAT actresses.

The focus of the latest episode is Karl Bryullov’s renowned painting depicting a German princess who became a great Russian duchess—and one of the most influential women in 19th-century Russia.

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