Omsk Gallery

Illumination of the Kremlin, 1883 (oil on canvas)

BAL742348 Illumination of the Kremlin, 1883 (oil on canvas) by Bogolyubov, Aleksei Petrovich (1824-96); 113x240 cm; Regional M. Vrubel Art Museum, Omsk; (add.info.: The Moscow Kremlin, sometimes referred to as simply the Kremlin, is a historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River (to the South), Saint Basil's Cathedral and Red Square (to the East) and the Alexander Garden (to the West). It is the best known of kremlins (Russian citadels) and includes five palaces, four cathedrals and the enclosing Kremlin Wall with Kremlin towers. The complex serves as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation.); Russian, out of copyright

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'Portrait of the Poet Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev', 1905, (1965). Creator: Il'ya Repin

'Portrait of the Poet Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev', 1905, (1965). Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer Andreyev (1871-1919) was the leader of the Expressionist movement in Russian literature. Painting in the Omsk District Museum of Visual Arts, Russia. From "Russian Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries" by Vladimir Fiala. [Artia, Czechoslovakia, 1965]

Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak, Russian naval commander

Admiral Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Kolchak (1874-1920), Russian naval commander during the First World War, polar explorer, and leader of the anti-communist White forces during the Russian Civil War. Seen here in uniform, at the time he joined the (White) Regional Government in Omsk, Siberia. Date: 1918

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