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vasily vereshchagin 13 april 1904 port arthur , manchuria cherepovets , novgorod governorate , russia 250px order of st. george -lrb- 4th class -rrb- russian 26 october 1842 st petersburg academy vasili vereshchagin.jpg vasily vereshchagin
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vasily vereshchagin

vasily vasilyevich vereshchagin -lrb- , october 26 , 1842 -- april 13 , 1904 -rrb- was one of the most famous russian war artists and one of the first russian artists to be widely recognized abroad .
the graphic nature of his realist scenes led many of them to never be printed or exhibited .
