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ArcheoBiblioBase: Archives in Russia: H-58Last update of repository: 17 March 2020Muzei fotografii (Fotoarkhiv Soiuza fotokhudozhnikov Rossii)History The museum was founded in 1959 based on the personal collection of photographer and journalist E.S. Bialyi (1911–1979), and constituted one of the first museums of photography in the country. In 1993 the collection was given to the Union of Photographic Artists of the Russian Federation by Bialyi’s widow, L.B. Bliumkina. The museum still lacks a permanent building and appropriate exhibition area. |