Repin, Easter Procession in the Region of Kursk

Repin, Easter Procession in the Region of Kursk
oil on canvas, 1880-1883
Tretyakov Gallery
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kurskaya_korennaya.jpg)
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Repin, Ivan the Terrible and His Son

Repin, Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on November 16th, 1581
oil on canvas, 1885
Tretyakov Gallery
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:REPIN_Ivan_Terrible%26Ivan.jpg)
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The Czar has just killed his son in a moment of madness.


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Repin, The Zaporozhye Cossacks Replying to the Sultan

Repin, The Zaporozhye Cossacks Replying to the Sultan
oil on canvas, 1878-1891
Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ilja_Jefimowitsch_Repin_009.jpg)
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Repin, Volga Boatmen

Repin, Volga Boatmen
oil in canvas, 1870-1873
Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ilia_Efimovich_Repin_%281844-1930%29_-_Volga_Boatmen_%281870-1873%29.jpg)
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I visited St. Petersburg once, in 1982. By that time the city was named Leningrad. I stayed there for two days, time to visit Petropavloskiy Sobor and Citadel,  Isaakievskiy Sobor, the Summer Garden, the Hermitage, and to see Peterhof Palace. And Aurora, anchored  on the Neva. I walked a little bit on its boulevards and along its channels, recalling some pages by Gogol. One night I went to witness the raising of the bridges on the Neva.

Unfortunately I didn't have time to visit also the famous Russian Museum. A friend visited later the city and went also to the Russian Museum. He told me then about its impressive collection. For him, to see all those masterworks of Russian masters was like a revelation. I would have liked to have this opportunity, too, at least to see the Volga Boatmen. I knew about it since my school years. Later in life I had the occasion to travel up to the Volga, and the work of Repin came to my mind.


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Repin

Repin, Self-portrait
(http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/ilya-repin)
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Ilya Yefimovich Repin (1844 - 1930) is considered the Tolstoy of Russian painting.

• Portrait of Vladimir Korolenko
• Volga Boatmen
• The Zaporozhye Cossacks Replying to the Sultan 
• Ivan the Terrible and His Son 
• Easter Procession in the Region of Kursk 

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Vladimir Korolenko

Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko
a portrait by Ilya Repin, 1912
Tretyakov Gallery
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vladimir_Korolenko.jpg)
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Человек создан для счастья, как птица для полета, только счастье не всегда создано для него

Короле́нко

Human beings are to happiness like birds are to flight, but happiness is not always for them

Korolenko

• The Blind Musician (Слепой музыкант)

(Жизнь в Kнигах)

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