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This day in Russian history - Today is the day of memory of the famous Russian landscape painter A.K. Savrasovtranslated

October 9, 2026 · 1 min read

Alexey Kondratievich Savrasov was born on May 12, 1830 in Moscow into a merchant family. In his early youth, the future artist showed extraordinary painting abilities; already as a teenager, Savrasov painted landscape pictures for sale.

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