Mitrofan Borisovich Grekov was a Russian and Soviet painter, considered to be the "father of Soviet battle painting".
Grekov painting in his studio
Grave of Mitrofan Grekov at the Novodevichy Cemetery
The Imperial Academy of Arts, informally known as the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, was an art academy in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1757 by Ivan Shuvalov, the founder of the Imperial Moscow Uni
Imperial Academy of Arts (1912)
The Inauguration of the Academy of Arts, a painting by Valery Jacobi.
G. K. Mikhailov, Second Antique Gallery at the Academy of Arts (1836)
Maksim Vorobyov, Egyptian sphinxes lining Academy Quay (1835)