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# A subscriber at the Tretyakov Gallery tells a charming story
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/podpischitsa-iz-tretiakovki-rasskazala-miluiu-istoriiu/
- Published: 2019-10-25T17:22:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:43:27.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Moscow, Museums, Humour

A visitor standing before "Lenin in Smolny" asked whether it was true that Brodsky had given the bald head an extra glow so that it would look like a halo. The guide replied that no, of course not: the bald head simply had to be set off from the wall.

Very much in the spirit of the times.