Fyodor Mikhailovich Slavyansky (russian: Фёдор Михайлович Славянский, 1817–1876) was a Russian painter. He was born a serf of the landlady Avdotya Nikolayevna Semenova, in the village of Vyshkovo in Tver Guberniya. He became Venetsianov’s student in 1839 in his estate of Safonkovo. Venetsianov did his best to buy freedom to Slavyansky. In 1840, he asked the Academy to allow his student to visit lessons in drawing. Slavyansky studied in classes of professors Varnek and

Markov Markov ( Bulgarian, russian: Марков), Markova, and Markoff are common surnames used in Russia and Bulgaria. Notable people with the name include: Academics *Ivana Markova (born 1938), Czechoslovak-British emeritus professor of psychology at ...

, and simultaneously worked with Venetsianov. In 1845, he got the title of a freelance artist.

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Olga's Gallery Slavyansky
1817 births 1876 deaths 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters Russian serfs 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire {{Russia-painter-stub