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Evgraf Davydov
, native_name_lang = , birth_name = , nickname = , birth_date = 1775 , birth_place = Tula Governorate, Russian Empire , death_date = 1823 (aged 47-48) , death_place = , placeofburial = , placeofburial_label = , placeofburial_coordinates = , allegiance = , branch = Imperial Russian Army , serviceyears = 1791–1823 , rank = major-general , unit = , commands = , battles = War of the Third Coalition * Battle of Austerlitz War of the Fourth Coalition * Battle of Guttstadt-Deppen * Battle of Heilsberg * Battle of Friedland French invasion of Russia * Battle of Ostrovno War of the Sixth Coalition * Battle of Kulm * Battle of Leipzig , battles_label = , awards =Order of St. GeorgeOrder of St. VladimirOrder of St. AnnaOrder of the Red EagleGold Sword for Bravery , memorials = , spouse = , relations = , laterwork = , signature = , signature_size = , signature_ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orest Kiprensky
Orest Adamovich Kiprensky (russian: Орест Адамович Кипренский -) was a leading Russian portraitist in the Age of Romanticism. His most familiar work is probably his portrait of Alexander Pushkin (1827), which prompted the poet to remark that "the mirror flatters me". Biography Orest was born in the village of Nezhnovo in the Saint Petersburg Governorate on . He was an illegitimate son of a landowner Alexey Dyakonov, hence his name, derived from ''Kypris'', one of the Greek names for the goddess of love. He was raised in the family of Adam Shvalbe, a serf. Although Kiprensky was born a serf, he was released from the serfdom upon his birth and later his father helped him to enter a boarding school at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg in 1788 (when Orest was only six years old). He studied at the boarding school and the academy itself until 1803. He lived at the academy for three more years as a pensioner to fulfill requirements necessary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |