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Rufin Sudkovsky
Rufin Gavrilovich Sudkovsky (; 19 April 1850, Ochakov, Kherson Governorate, Government of Kherson, Russian Empire – 16 February 1885, Ochakov) was a Russian Empire, Russian Imperial landscape painter who specialized in naval and Marine art, maritime scenes. Rufin Sudkovsky was also well known as the first husband of the popular illustrator Elena Samokysh-Sudkovskaya. Biography He was the son of a Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox priest in the Diocese of Kherson Governorate, Kherson, then part of the Russian Empire, now Ukraine. Originally, he planned to follow in his father's footsteps, studying first at the local religious school, then at the Odessa Theological Seminary, but he soon lost interest. He had been attracted to drawing since he was a child, and began to frequent the Odessa Drawing School at the local art society. Under the influence of Odessa's status as a major port, his focus soon turned to maritime themes. In 1868, he left the seminary and went to Sai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ochakov
Ochakiv (, ), also known as Ochakov (; ; or, archaically, ) and Alektor (), is a small city in Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast (region) of southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Ochakiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Its population is Of the 14,000 people who lived in Ochakiv before the war, only half remained. For many years the city fortress served as a capital of the Ottoman province (eyalet) of Özu (Silistria). Geography The city is located at the mouth of Dnieper, on the banks of the Dnieper-Bug Estuary. Between the Cape of Ochakiv (northern bank) and the Kinburn Spit (southern bank) there are only . The Ochakiv and Kinburn fortresses controlled the entrance to Dnieper and Bug. History Establishment and names The strip of land on which Ochakov is located was inhabited by Thracians and Scythians in ancient times. It was known as a part of Great Scythia. In the 7th and 6th centuries BC, Greek colonists had founded a commercial colony town, n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
