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Vereshchagin

American  
[ver-uh-shah-gin, vyi-ryi-shchah-gyin] / ˌvɛr əˈʃɑ gɪn, vjɪ rjɪˈʃtʃɑ gjɪn /

noun

  1. Vasili Vasilievich 1842–1904, Russian painter.


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But the midday, presale removal of the Keith and Vereshchagin paintings prompted immediate outcry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Vereshchagin and his wife escaped in a car through the woods during a brief break in the fighting.

From Reuters ● Apr. 1, 2022

In St. Petersburg on Wednesday, one activist stood on a busy sidewalk holding up a copy of Russia’s most famous antiwar painting, “The Apotheosis of War” by Vasily Vereshchagin.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2022

This mighty work, compared by some to the war paintings of the late Vassili Vassilievich Vereshchagin, was originally hung in a Cologne museum.

From Time Magazine Archive

Vereshchagin with a cry of horror, covering his head with his hands, rushed toward the crowd.

From War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Count

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