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Vereshchagin

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[ver-uh-shah-gin, vyi-ryi-shchah-gyin] / ˌvɛr əˈʃɑ gɪn, vyɪ ryɪˈʃtʃɑ gyɪn /

noun

  1. Vasili Vasilievich 1842–1904, Russian painter.


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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

Dicky was delighted with his new toy and went off to test its power, followed by Elisabeth of Belgium, Sheila, Luigi and Pietro Paterno, Olga Peterson and Vasili and Vladimir Vereshchagin.

From Ethel Morton at Rose House by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)

"Your excellency, there are some political prisoners, Meshkov, Vereshchagin..."

From War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf