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VERESHCHAGIN, Vasily Vasilyevich
(b. 1842, Cherepovets, d. 1904, Port Arthur)

At the city wall. "Let them enter!"

1871
Oil on canvas, 95 x 161 cm
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

The painting commemorates the capture of Khiva (in present-day Uzbekistan) by Russian Imperial troops.


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