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 Опанас Георгійович Сластьон # 6495ed
opanas slastion

opanas georgievych -lrb- heorhiiovych -rrb- slastion -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 1855 -- 1933 -rrb- was a ukrainian graphic artist , painter , and ethnographer .
he was born in the ukrainian port town of berdyansk on the berdyansk gulf of the sea of azov .
he studied at the imperial academy of arts in saint petersburg , russia -lrb- where he was also known as afanasy slastyon -rrb- , researched the cossack documents in the archives of the imperial russian ministry of defense , and later worked as a teacher at the arts and crafts school -lrb- later renamed the state ceramics vocational school -rrb- in myrhorod , ukraine .
a very gifted person , he perfected his talents in singing , bandura playing , ethnography , journalism , education , design , and architecture .
opanas slastion was a true ukrainian encyclopaedist .
