About the Exhibition of Ilya Repin's Portraits. In honor of the one hundred and seventy-five anniversary of the birth of the world famous artist Ilya Repin, there was an extensive exhibition of his greatest works in the State Thetyakov Gallery in Moscow. I am grateful for the opportunity to visit this exhibition and I would like to share my feelings about this event. To begin with, I would like to mention that number of paintings is surprising. There were works which made throughout 50-year period of creativity from 1870 to 1920. Majority of works were portraits which are made with oil paints on canvas, including self-portraits and portraits of Repin’s family members and well-known public figures. I was most impressed by two paintings which I would like to describe more detailed. The first composition that grabbed my attention is “Aleksander III receiving rural district elders in the yard of Petrovsky Palace in Moscow”. Although there were a lot of black shadows on the canvas, it was catchy and looked extremely realistic. The figure of Alexander III had a strong impression on me, he was portrayed like respectable, proud, but not arrogant emperor. Clearly, the artist did his work patiently, with attention to details, and because of it, I had a desire to examine each element of the painting. I was also amazed by the painting “Ceremonial Sitting of the State Council”. It was an eye-catching, because of great combination of red and gold colors. The hall in which the sitting held looked gorgeous and there were pictured 81 members of the Council. Due to the enormous size of the painting and the effort that the artist put, I could look at this dusk till down. Furthermore, this work was interesting to me as a person who studies history, because I could find many influential historical figures on the canvas. To conclude, I did not regret that I devoted my time to visiting this exhibition. I had a great time and enjoyed the work of the famous artist.