▁public ▁library ▁named ▁The ▁Library ▁of ▁the ▁Moscow ▁Public ▁Museum ▁and ▁R umi ant se v ▁Museum , ▁or ▁The ▁R umi ant se v ▁Library . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁nick named ▁the ▁" Len ink a ." ▁ ▁Rum y ant se v ▁Museum ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁complex ▁was ▁Moscow ' s ▁first ▁public ▁museum , ▁and ▁hous ed ▁the ▁Art ▁collection ▁of ▁count ▁Nikol ai ▁Pet rov ich ▁Rum y ant se v , ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁given ▁to ▁the ▁Russian ▁people ▁and ▁transferred ▁from ▁St . ▁Petersburg ▁to ▁Moscow . ▁Its ▁don ation ▁covered ▁above ▁all ▁books ▁and ▁manuscript s ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁an ▁extensive ▁num ism atic ▁and ▁an ▁eth n ographic ▁collection . ▁These , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁approximately ▁ 2 0 0 ▁paint ings ▁and ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁prints , ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁selected ▁from ▁the ▁collection ▁of ▁the ▁Herm itage ▁in ▁St . ▁Petersburg , ▁could ▁be ▁seen ▁in ▁the ▁so - called ▁P ash kov ▁House ▁( a ▁palace , ▁established ▁between ▁ 1 7 8 4 ▁and ▁ 1 7 8 7 , ▁in ▁the ▁proxim ity ▁ ▁of ▁the ▁Kre ml in ). ▁Ts ar ▁Alexander ▁II ▁of ▁Russia ▁don ated ▁the ▁painting ▁The ▁App earance ▁of ▁Christ ▁before ▁the ▁People ▁by ▁Alexander ▁Andre ye v ich ▁Ivan ov ▁for ▁the ▁opening ▁of ▁the ▁museum . ▁ ▁The ▁citizens ▁of ▁Moscow , ▁deeply ▁im pressed ▁by ▁the ▁count ' s ▁al tr u istic ▁don ation ,