Boris Artemyevich Chorikov () (1802–1866) was a Russian

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Background

He is best known for his

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s in a unique edition called ''Picturesque

Karamzin Karamzin (russian: Карамзин) is a Russian masculine surname, its feminine counterpart is Karamzina. It originates from the Tatar surname Kara-Murza, meaning ''black lord'', and may refer to *Aurora Karamzin (1808–1902), Finnish-Swede phil ...

, or Russian history in pictures'' (Russian:''Живописный Карамзин или Русская история в картинах''), which was published in

St.Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

in 1836.

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Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение культуры «Государственный Эрмитаж».

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19th-century painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters 1802 births 1866 deaths 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire {{Russia-painter-stub