Bogdan Pavlovich Willewalde was a Russian Imperial artist, academic, emeritus professor of military art, and a fellow of the Imperial Academy of Arts.
Etching by Y. Andreev
Nicholas I with Alexander II in the artist's studio in 1854, (1884), oil on canvas, State Russian Museum.
Self-portrait by Alexander Willevalde, Bogdan's son, 1888
Battle of Grochów, December 13, 1831, (1850s), oil on canvas, Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps.
The Caucasian War or the Caucasus War was a 19th-century military conflict between the Russian Empire and various peoples of the North Caucasus who resisted subjugation during the Russian conquest of the Caucasus. It consisted of a series of military actions waged by the Russian Imperial Army and Cossack settlers against the native inhabitants such as the Adyghe, Abaza-Abkhazians, Ubykhs, Chechens, and Dagestanis as the Tsars sought to expand.
Franz Roubaud's A Scene from the Caucasian War
Construction of the Georgian Military Road through disputed territories was a key factor in the eventual Russian success
Assault of Gimry, by Franz Alekseyevich Roubaud
Caucasian tribesmen fight against the Cossacks, 1847