Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (Виктор Михайлович Васнецов) (Lop'jal, May 15 (N.S.), 1848— Moscow, June 23, 1926) was a Russian artist who specialized in mythological and historical subjects. Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov ( Ufa - October 18, 1942, Moscow) was a leading representative of religious Symbolism in Russian Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Old Style (or OS) and New Style (or NS) are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating The word mythology (from the Greek grc μυθολογία mythología, meaning "a story-telling a legendary lore" History is the study of the past particularly the written record Those who study history as a Profession are called Historians Etymology He is considered a key figure of the revivalist movement in Russian art. The Russian Revival style (Псевдорусский неорусский стиль is the generic term for a number of different movements within Russian architecture
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Biography
Childhood (1848-1858)
Viktor Vasnetsov was born in a remote village Lopyal of Vyatka guberniya in 1848. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Technical_UniversityJPG|left|thumb|200px|Technical University in Kirov]]Bridge_through_Vyatka_river Guberniya (губе́рния) (also gubernia, guberniia, gubernya) was a major administrative subdivision of Imperial Russia, usually Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap His father Mikhail Vasilievich Vasnetsov, a village priest, was a well-educated 'philosophy-inclined' man interested in natural science, astronomy and painting. In Science, the term natural science refers to a naturalistic approach to the study of the Universe, which is understood as obeying rules or law of Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e His grandfather was an icon painter. An icon (from Greek εἰκών eikōn, "image" is a religious work of art most commonly a painting from Eastern Christianity. Two of his three sons, Viktor and Apollinary, became remarkable painters, the third one becoming a schoolteacher. Recalling his childhood in a letter to Vladimir Stasov, Vasnetsov remarked that he "had lived with peasant children and liked them not as a narodnik but as a friend". Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov (Russian Владимир Васильевич Стасов January 14 1824 &ndash October 24 1906) son of Narodniks (Народничество was the name for Russian revolutionaries of the 1860s and 1870s
Vyatka (1858-1867)
From the age of ten, Viktor studied in a seminary in Vyatka, each summer moving with his family to a rich merchant village of Ryabovo. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting During his seminary years, he worked for a local icon shopkeeper. An icon (from Greek εἰκών eikōn, "image" is a religious work of art most commonly a painting from Eastern Christianity. He also helped an exiled Polish artist, Michał Elwiro Andriolli, to execute frescoes for Vyatka's Alexander Nevsky cathedral. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Michał Elwiro Andriolli (1836-1893 was a Polish painter and architect Fresco (plural either frescos or frescoes) is any of several related Painting types done on Plaster on walls or Saint Alexander Nevsky (Алекса́ндр Яросла́вич Не́вский in Russian; transliteration Aleksandr Yaroslavich Nevskij) ( May 30
Having graduated from the seminary, Viktor decided to move to Saint Petersburg to study art. Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River He auctioned his paintings of Woman Harvester and Milk-maid (both 1867) in order to raise money required for the trip to the Russian capital. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting
Saint Petersburg (1867-1876)
In August 1867 Viktor entered the Imperial Academy of Arts. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the St Petersburg Academy of Arts, was opened by Count Ivan Shuvalov under the name Academy Three years later, the Peredvizhniki movement of realist painters rebelled against the Academism. Peredvizhniki (Передвижники often called The Wanderers or The Itinerants in English were a group of Russian realist artists Academic art is a style of Painting and Sculpture produced under the influence of European academies or universities
Vasnetsov befriended their leader Ivan Kramskoi, referring to him as his teacher. Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi ( June 8 (OS May 27 1837 - April 6 (O He also became very close to his fellow student Ilya Yefimovich Repin. Ilya Yefimovich Repin (Илья́ Ефи́мович Ре́пин Ілля Юхимович Рєпін ( Chuhuiv, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine
It is ironic, but Viktor, whose name is associated with historical and mythological paintings, initially avoided these subjects at all costs. For his graphic composition of Christ and Pontius Pilate Before the People, the Academy awarded a small silver medal to him. Christ is the English term for the Greek ( Khristós) meaning "the anointed "
In the early 1870s he executed a lot of engravings depicting contemporary life. Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it Two of them (Provincial Bookseller from 1870 and A Boy with a Bottle of Vodka from 1872) won him a bronze medal at the World Fair in London (1874). Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Expo (short for "exposition" and also known as World Fair and World's Fair) is the name given to various large public exhibitions held since the London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
At that period he also started producing genre paintings in oil. Genre works, also called genre scenes or genre views, are pictorial representations in any of various media that represent scenes or events from everyday life Such pieces as Peasant Singers (1873) and Moving House (1876) were warmly welcomed by democratic circles of Russian society. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year
Paris (1876-1877)
In 1876 Repin invited Vasnetsov to join the Peredvizhniki colony in Paris. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city While living in France, Viktor studied classical and contemporary paintings, academist and Impressionist alike. Impressionism was a 19th-century Art movement that began as a loose association of Paris -based Artists exhibiting their art publicly in the 1860s At that period, he painted Acrobats (1877), produced prints, and exhibited some of his works at the Salon. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Salon (Salon or rarely Paris Salon (French Salon de Paris) beginning in 1725 was the official Art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts It was in Paris that he became fascinated with fairy-tale subjects, starting to work on Ivan Tsarevich Riding a Grey Wolf and The Firebird. Ivan Tsarevich ( Russian: Иван Царевич or Иван-царевич - literally John the Prince) is one of the main heroes of Russian Folklore, Vasnetsov was a model for Sadko in Repin's celebrated painting Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom. Sadko (Садко was a legendary Hero of a Russian Bylina (epic tale with the same name a merchant and Gusli musician from In 1877 he returned to Moscow. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of
Moscow (1877-1884)
In the late 1870s Vasnetsov concentrated on illustrating Russian fairy tales and bylinas, executing some of his best known pieces: Knight at the Crossroads (1878), Prince Igor's Battlefield (1878), Three tsarevnas of the Underground Kingdom (1879-1881), The Magic Carpet (1880), and Alionushka (1881). Brother and Sister is a well known European Fairy tale which was among others written down by the Brothers Grimm in their collection of Children's Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Bylina ( Russian: были́на also Byliny, Bylyny and Stariny) is a traditional epic, Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Prince Igor ( Князь Игорь, Knyaz' Igor) is an Opera by Alexander Borodin, written in four acts with a prologue Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
These works were not appreciated at the time they appeared. Many radical critics dismissed them as undermining the realist principles of the Peredvizhniki. Peredvizhniki (Передвижники often called The Wanderers or The Itinerants in English were a group of Russian realist artists Even such prominent connoisseurs as Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov refused to buy them. Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov (Па́вел Миха́йлович Третьяко́в ( December 27, 1832 – December 16, 1898) was The vogue for Vasnetsov's paintings would spread in the 1880s, when he turned to religious subjects and executed a series of icons for Abramtsevo estate of his patron Savva Mamontov. Abramtsevo is an estate located north of Moscow, in the proximity of Khotkovo, that became a center for the Slavophile movement and artistic activity Savva Ivanovich Mamontov ( Савва Иванович Мамонтов, 15 October 3 October 1841 Yalutorovsk, now Tyumen Oblast —
Kiev 1884-1889
In 1884-1889 Vasnetsov was commissioned to paint frescos in the St Vladimir's Cathedral of Kiev. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Fresco (plural either frescos or frescoes) is any of several related Painting types done on Plaster on walls or St Volodymyr's Cathedral (Патріарший кафедральний собор св Kiev, also known as Kyiv ( Ukrainian:, Kyiv, ˈkɪjiw Russian:, Kiyev; see also Cities' alternative names) is the This was a challenging work which ran contrary to both Russian and Western traditions of religious paintings. The influential art critic Vladimir Stasov labelled them a sacrilegious play with religious feelings of the Russian people. Vladimir Vasilievich Stasov (Russian Владимир Васильевич Стасов January 14 1824 &ndash October 24 1906) son of Another popular critic, Dmitry Filosofov, referred to these frescoes as "the first bridge over 200 years-old gulf separating different classes of Russian society".
While living in Kiev, Vasnetsov made friends with Mikhail Vrubel, who was also involved in the cathedral's decoration. Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel ( Russian: Михаил Александрович Врубель; March 17, 1856 - April 14, While they worked together, Vasnetsov taught the younger artist a great deal. It was in Kiev that Vasnetsov finally finished Ivan Tsarevich Riding a Grey Wolf and started his most famous painting, the Bogatyrs. Ivan Tsarevich ( Russian: Иван Царевич or Иван-царевич - literally John the Prince) is one of the main heroes of Russian Folklore, For other meanings see Bogatyr (disambiguation. The bogatyr (богаты'рь from the Slavic bogat - rich or
In 1885 the painter travelled to Italy. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The same year he worked on stage designs and costumes for Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Snow Maiden. Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov ( Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков, Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov) also Nikolay The Snow Maiden&ndashA Spring Fairy Tale ( Снегурочка&ndashВесенняя сказка, Snegúrochka&ndashVesennyaya Skazka) is an
Later years (1890-1926)
The following two decades were productive ones for Vasnetsov, but most of his later paintings were perceived as being of secondary importance. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He increasingly turned to other media during this period. In 1897 he collaborated with his brother Apollinary on the theatrical design of another Rimsky-Korsakov premiere, Sadko, and he was commissioned in the 1910s to design a new uniform for the Russian military — the so-called bogatyrka, a Russian army headwear. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Sadko (Садко was a legendary Hero of a Russian Bylina (epic tale with the same name a merchant and Gusli musician from For the place in Azerbaijan see Budenovka Azerbaijan. Budenovka ( Russian language: Будёновка budyonovka) is a distinctive
At the turn of the century, Vasnetsov elaborated his hallmark "fairy-tale" style of Russian Revivalist architecture. The Russian Revival style (Псевдорусский неорусский стиль is the generic term for a number of different movements within Russian architecture His first acclaimed design was a church in Abramtsevo (1882), executed jointly with Vasily Polenov. Abramtsevo is an estate located north of Moscow, in the proximity of Khotkovo, that became a center for the Slavophile movement and artistic activity Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov (Russian Поленов Василий Дмитриевич 1 June 1844, St In 1894, he designed his own mansion in Moscow. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Moscow (Москва́ romanised: Moskvá, IPA: see also other names) is the Capital and the largest city of The Russian pavilion of the World Fair in Paris followed in 1898. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Finally, in 1904, Vasnetsov designed the best known of his "fairy-tale" buildings — the Tretyakov Gallery. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on The State Tretyakov Gallery (Государственная Третьяковская Галерея ГТГ in Moscow, Russia, is the foremost depository
Between 1906 and 1911, Vasnetsov worked on the design of the mosaics for Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Warsaw. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (Sobór św Aleksandra Newskiego Александро-Невский собор в Варшаве was a Russian Orthodox Cathedral in
In 1912, Vasnetsov was given a noble title by Czar Nicholas II. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting
Even prior to the Russian Revolution, Vasnetsov became active as a regent of that gallery. See also Russian Revolution (1905 The Russian Revolution of 1916 refers to a series of popular revolutions in Russia, and the events surrounding them He allocated a significant portion of his income to the State Historical Museum, so that a large part of the museum's collection was acquired on Vasnetsov's money. The State Historical Museum of Russia (Государственный Исторический музей is a Museum of Russian history wedged between After the October Revolution he advocated removing some of the religious paintings (notably those by Alexander Ivanov) from churches to the Tretyakov Gallery. The October Revolution (Октябрьская революция Oktyabrskaya revolyutsiya) also known as the Soviet Revolution Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov ( Russian: Алекса́ндр Андре́евич Ива́нов; July 28 ( July 16 [OS]) 1806 &ndash
Legacy
A minor planet 3586 Vasnetsov, discovered by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Zhuravlyova in 1978 is named after Viktor Vasnetsov and Apollinary Vasnetsov. Minor planet is a term used since the 19th century to describe objects such as Asteroids that are in Orbit around the Sun but are not Planets 3586 Vasnetsov (1978 SW6 is a Main-belt Asteroid discovered on September 26, 1978 by L The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 [1]
In the film "Elizabeth: The Golden Age", Vasnetsov's painting of Ivan the Terrible (see gallery below) is anachronictically presented as if it already existed in that Tsar's liftime, and as being sent by Ivan to England when he offers to marry Queen Elizabeth I. Elizabeth The Golden Age is a 2007 film sequel to the 1998 film Elizabeth, directed by Shekhar Kapur and produced by
Selected works
 Arkhip Kuindzhi. Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi (or Arkhip Kuinji, Архип Иванович Куинджи ( January 27, 1842 (? – July 24, 1910 1869 |
 Without Kith or Kin (Непомнящий родства). Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 1871 |
 Grave-digger. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1871 |
 Amusement |
 Self-Portrait, 1873 |
 Moving House 1876 |
 A Knight at the Crossroads. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year 1878 |
 Three queens of the underground kingdom 1879 |
 Flying Carpet 1880 |
 Alyonushka. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Brother and Sister is a well known European Fairy tale which was among others written down by the Brothers Grimm in their collection of Children's 1881 |
 Tatiana Mamontova 1884 |
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 Palace of Tsar Berendei. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Venerable Sergius of Radonezh (Сергий Радонежский Sergii Radonezhsky)—also translated as Sergey Radonezhsky or Serge of Radonezh was Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Set desighn for Rimski-Korsakov opera The Snow Maiden, 1885 |
 The field of Igor Svyatoslavich's battle with the Polovtsy, 1889 |
 The Virgin and Child. Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov ( Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков, Nikolaj Andreevič Rimskij-Korsakov) also Nikolay The Snow Maiden&ndashA Spring Fairy Tale ( Снегурочка&ndashВесенняя сказка, Snegúrochka&ndashVesennyaya Skazka) is an Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Igor Svyatoslavich ( April 3, 1151 &ndash 1202 was the prince of Novgorod-Seversky from 1180 to 1202 Cumans (Кумани Byzantine: Kuman or Cuman, Kunok Turkic: Kumanlar) were a nomadic Turkic people who inhabited a Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Theotokos (Θεοτόκος translit Theotókos) is a title of Mary the mother of Jesus used especially in the Eastern Orthodox, Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) 1887 |
 His Only-begotten Son and the Word of God 1885-1896 |
 Russian Saints (monks and bishops) (St. Volodymyr's Cathedral fresco) |
 The Temptation 1885-1896. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Son of God is a phrase found in the Hebrew Bible, various other Jewish texts and the New Testament. grc-Latn Logos (ˈloʊːgɒs ( Greek, logos) is an important term in Philosophy, Analytical psychology, Rhetoric and Religion Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity St Volodymyr's Cathedral (Патріарший кафедральний собор св The temptation of Christ in Christianity, refers to the Temptation of Jesus by the Devil as detailed in each of the Synoptic Gospels Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year (St. Volodymyr's Cathedral fresco) |
 The Baptism of Kievans. St Volodymyr's Cathedral (Патріарший кафедральний собор св The Christianization of Kievan Rus' took place in several stages (Interior of St. Volodymyr's Cathedral) |
 Baptism of Saint Prince Vladimir 1890 |
 Sirin and Alkonost: Birds of Joy and Sorrow. St Volodymyr's Cathedral (Патріарший кафедральний собор св In Christianity, baptism ( Greek, "immersing" "performing Ablutions " is the ritual act with the use of water by which one is admitted Saint Vladimir Svyatoslavich the Great ( Old Russian: Володимеръ Святославичь, c Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sirin is a mythological creature of Russian legends with the head and chest of a beautiful woman and the body of a bird (usually an Owl) The Alkonost is a legendary bird in Slavic mythology. It has the body of a bird with the face of a woman 1896 |
 Tsar Ivan The Terrible. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The Epitaphios ( Greek: Επιτάφιος epitaphios, or Επιτάφιον epitaphion; Slavonic: Плащаница plashchanitsa Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Gamayun is a Prophetic Bird of Russian folklore. It is a symbol of wisdom and knowledge and lives on an island in the east close to Paradise. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common 1897 |
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 The Virgin and the Child, 1901 |
 the Savior, 1901 |
 Last Judgement. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Saint Mary Magdalen or Mary Magdalene is described both in the canonical New Testament and in the New Testament apocrypha, as a devoted Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For other meanings see Bogatyr (disambiguation. The bogatyr (богаты'рь from the Slavic bogat - rich or Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Snegurochka (Снегурочка or the Snow Maiden, is a character in Russian fairy tales. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Oleg of Novgorod ( Slavic: Олег Old Norse: Helgi, Khazarian, possibly Helgu) was a Varangian prince (or konung Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) In Christian eschatology, the Last Judgment or Day of the Lord is the judgment by God of every human who ever lived 1904 |
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 Fatherhood, 1907 |
 Monomakh rests after hunting |
 Cross on the place of assassination of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, designed by Vasnetsov |
 Boyan. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year For the cruiser see Russian armoured cruiser Vladimir Monomakh, for the submarine see RFS Vladimir Monomakh Vladimir II Monomakh Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia ( Сергей Александрович) ( May 11, 1857 &ndash February 17, 1905) was a Boyan or Bayan is the name of a Bard who was mentioned in the Rus' epic The Lay of Igor's Campaign as being active at the court of 1910 |
 Ilya Muromets (1914) |
 Tsarevna Frog. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Ilya Muromets ( Russian: Илья́ Му́ромец literally "Elijah of Murom " is a Kiev Rus mythical Hero The Scythians or Scyths (Σκύθες Σκύθοι were an Iranian speaking people of horse-riding Nomadic pastoralists who dominated the Pontic For the upcoming Disney film see The Princess and the Frog. The Frog Princess is a Fairy tale that exists in many 1918 |
 The Unsmiling Tsarevna (Nesmeyana). Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Princess Who Never Smiled or The Unsmiling Tsarevna is a Russian Fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki 1916-1926 |
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 Kashchei the Immortal. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In Russian folklore, Koschei (Коще́й Koshchey, also Kashchei or Kashchey or Kościej (Polish is an evil person of ugly senile (1917–1928) |
 Grand Prince St. The Title Grand Prince or Great Prince (Magnus Princeps Russian and Ukrainian: Великий князь Velikiy knyaz; Вялíкий Andrei Bogolyubsky |
Sources
- ^ Schmadel, Lutz D. Prince Andrei I of Vladimir commonly known as Andrey Bogolyubsky (Андрей Боголюбский "Andrey the God-Loving" (c (2003). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, 5th, New York: Springer Verlag, p. 301. ISBN 3540002383.
- A. K. Lazuko Victor Vasnetsov, Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1990, ISBN 5-7370-0107-5
- Vasnetsov Gallery
- Victor Vastentzov, Russian Avant Garde Gallery
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