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The Memorial Plate of V.V. Vereshchagin


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“Outstanding Russian artist Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin studied here in the Marine Company of the Alexandrovsky Cadet Corps for minors in 1850-1853”
Vasily Vereshchagin was born on October 14, 1842. He and his brother entered the Alexandrovsky Cadet Corps for minors in Tsarskoye Selo in 1850.
He successfully graduated from the Alexandrovsky Cadet Corps and continued his studies in the Marine Cadet Corps.
His achievements were rewarded by awarding military ranks.
V. Vereshchagin felt that he was an artist by avocation. He left the military service and gave up a career of a naval officer. Realistic battle-pieces brought him glory of a great artist.
The blast of armor-plated ship Petropavlovsk in Port Arthur in 1904 killed V.V. Vereshchagin.

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