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unusual facts about Viktor Vasnetsov


Church of the Savior on Blood

The interior was designed by some of the most celebrated Russian artists of the day—including Viktor Vasnetsov, Mikhail Nesterov and Mikhail Vrubel — but the church's chief architect, Alfred Alexandrovich Parland, was relatively little-known (born in St. Petersburg in 1842 in a Baltic-German Lutheran family).


Princess Maria Tenisheva

Tenisheva collected watercolors and was friends with famous artists: Vasnetsov, Vrubel, Roerich, Malyutin, Benois, sculptor Paolo Troubetzkoy, and many other artists.

Taganrog City Architectural Development Museum

The majolica panel decorating the frieze of the building was produced by Abramtsevo workshop based on the sketches of renowned artists as Nicholas Roerich, Mikhail Vrubel and Viktor Vasnetsov.


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