User:Vasmax32/sandbox/Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute

The Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute is a part of the Russian Academy of Arts is one of the leading centers of higher art education in Russia. The institute comprises five faculties: painting, graphic art, sculpture, architecture, and theory and history of arts.

The school is a descendant of the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. It was launched in 1939 by Russian post-impressionist painter, publisher, restorer, and historian of art Igor Grabar. In 1948, the institute was given the name of celebrated Russian artist Vasily Surikov.

The institute's largest faculty is painting. Notable alumni and professors include: Mikhail Kugach, Vyacheslav Nikolaevich Zabelin, and Nikita Fedesov.