Current Situation
The Russian Academy of Arts has been headquartered in Moscow since 1947. Its current president is Zurab Tsereteli and its vice-president is Tair Salakhov.
The historic building on the Neva River in St. Petersburg is used for the Ilya Repin St. Petersburg State Academic Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, named in honor of one of its well-known alumni. It is also called the St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Fine Arts, Sculpture and Architecture (as on its website). It is informally known as the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, or Repin Institute of Arts.
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