Author: Савва Ямщиков
Alternate names: Savva Yamshchikov; С.Ямщиков; Saveliy Yamshchikov; S.Yamshchikov; S.V.Yamshchikov
Born: 8 October 1938
Died: 19 July  2009
Bio: Savva (Savely) Vasilyevich Yamshchikov (Russian: Са́вва (Саве́лий) Васи́льевич Ямщико́в) was a leading expert on Russian provincial art, particularly medieval icon painting and portrait painting of the 18th and 19th centuries.