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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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Максим Шевченко

Since his teenage years, Savrasov painted landscapes for sale to help his family. It reminds me of how my uncle used to paint houses in the villages in his youth to feed his family. It's good that the talent was not wasted.

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