This work deals with the history of private art collecting in St. Petersburg at the turn of the 20th century. It sheds light on the local peculiarities of private art collecting in St. Petersburg within a broader national phenomenon of collecting. The description and analysis of the art life and art market is provided to highlight the specifics of private art collecting in St. Petersburg around 1900. The case study of one of the oldest private art collections of the country, the Yussupov art collection, offers an insight into the collecting activity of the nobility in St. Petersburg at the...