The 103 works of art by renowned painters from the 16th to 20th centuries were from the National Gallery of Armenia. Volga-Dnepr arranged transportation of the collection to Moscow's Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts for an exhibition in the "Under the Canopy of Amicable Muses" series taking place in the city until 15th November 2010.
The collection included paintings by world famous painters such as Chagall, Kandinsky, Aivazovsky, Serov, Goncharova, Falk, Sarian, Kustodiyev, Larionov, Konchalovsky, Borisov-Musatov, Tropinin, Repin, Kramskoy, Kiprenskiy, Korovin, Levitan, Surikov, Petrov-Vodkin, Benoit, Somov, Polenov, Serebryakova, Roerich and others.
The cultural value of the collection was reflected in the insured value of exhibits. Eleven of the painting are valued in excess of US$1 million and two exhibits ' Wassily Kandinsky's "Oriental Suite. Arabs III" (1911) and Marc Chagall's "Cottage" (1917) are estimated to be worth US$5 million and US$6 million respectively.
