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View of the Volga (Fedor Aleksandrovich Vasil'ev, 1870; holding of the State Russian Museum)
12021-02-01T12:29:25-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f593sailing vessels (barques) pulled up on the sandy bank of the Volga Riverplain2021-02-01T13:01:41-05:00Kelly O'Neilldc20b45f1d74122ba0d654d19961d826c5a557f5
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12020-12-11T12:02:06-05:00Vasilyev12aching to move onwardplain2021-02-01T13:09:45-05:002021-02-01T13:0856.76776, 43.25135One wonders why the steamer calls here.
A friend once told me that the in 1870s, Russian painters decided their countryside was beautiful. That the beauty of Russia was as romantic as the beauty of Italy. They went out in search of it (the beauty).
They found it and transposed it onto canvas. And eventually, the light and labor and elevation and ponderous stillness of the Volga made its way to St. Petersburg. I saw it there. Or I thought I did.
