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The City Of Universal Welfare
''The City of Universal Welfare'' (Russian language, Russian: ''Город Всеобщего Благоденствия,'' inventory KP-21) is a painting by Russia, Russian and Soviet Union, Soviet artist (pseudonym of Yevfimiy Vasilyevich Samuilov). The painting is his largest known pictorial work, which survived in isolated fragments and was reconstructed through the efforts of restorers V. M. Tanaev and S. S. Golushkin. Various researchers of Chestnyakov's work date the canvas somewhere between the end of the 19th and the middle of the 20th century. After the death of the artist, the inhabitants of his native village, Shablovo, took away everything that remained at that time in his house. Fragments of the painting ended up with different people but survived and were subsequently given by the owners to the staff of the . Currently, ''The City of Universal Welfare'' is part of its collection and is exhibited in the Romanov Museum of Kostroma at the permanent exhibition ''My Forgo ...
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Efim Chestnyakov
Efim Vasilievich Chestnyakov (Russian language, Russian: Ефи́м Васи́льевич Честняко́в; December 19 [31], 1874, Shablovo, Kostroma province — June 27, 1961, Shablovo, Kostroma Oblast, Kostroma region) was a Russian Painting, painter (created portraits and fairy tale subjects), writer (known for his fairy tales, stories, a novel in verse, poems, reflections), Sculpture, sculptor (worked in clay plastic), and the creator of the children's theater in Shablovo. Biography Efim Chestnyakov was born on December 19 (31), 1874 in the village of Shablovo, Kologrivsky uyezd, Kostroma Governorate, in the peasant family of Samoilovs. He was the only son of three children, and charged with family's support (such children, on whom the support of the family fell, were called ''chestnyak,'' from Russian "an honest person", and that's where his surname comes from).Ignatyev, V. YaВеликий сказочник-художник ХХ века – Честняков Еф ...
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