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Vassili Verestchagin : painter, soldier, traveler : autobiographical sketches (1888)

Vereshchagin, Vasiliĭ Vasilʹevich, 1842-1904 · New York : American Art Association · leaf 145

An illustration from Vassili Verestchagin : painter, soldier, traveler : autobiographical sketches, 1888, leaf 145 — THE MARCH ON ADRIANOPLE— STRUKOFF. 1 3 ished, and asked what was the matter.” “ We have come to announce to you the fall of Adrianople,” was the answer. They nearly wept— poor pashas ! ❖ ❖ … GENERAL STRUKOFF. I had a good deal to do. Strukoff received the command of a small detachment, which constituted the vanguard of Skobeleffs main body. As this appointment was made unofficially by Skobeleff himself, there was no officer of the general staff told off to him, and so my friend asked…

Vereshchagin, Vasiliĭ Vasilʹevich, 1842-1904 · Painters

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