On 11 April 2006 an exhibition organized by the State Hermitage and the Kerch State Cultural and Historical Reserve opened in the Rotunda of the Winter Palace.

In the course of work carried out by the Mirmeki Archeological Expedition of the State Hermitage, a treasure of electron coins from the Asia Minor city of Kizik was found. This discovery is unique insofar as it is the first treasure of coins from Kizik to reach archeologists is unplundered, pristine form, all of which considerably enhances its scientific value.

Benois Wing
The large collection of the art of the 20th century stored in the Russian Museum helps to "reconstruct" the atmosphere of the artistic life of the 1960-80s within the frame of the Times of Change exhibition. On the one hand - the official art, in which the artists of the "harsh style" and representative of the generation of the 1970s rank first - Korzhev, Andronov, Nikonov, Moiseyenko, Zagonek and others. On the other hand - the art of club and apartment exhibitions of the "underground" represented in works by Arefiev, Weisberg, Rabine, Yankilevsky, Tselkov and others.