Ilya RepinUkrainian, 1844–1930Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks
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Yes, receiving visitors
State Russian Museum
RoomMikhaylovskiy dvorets, Zal 34. I. Ye. Repin. ZaporozhtsySaint Petersburg, Russia
On public display.
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- 4 days ago
- In this state since
- Sep 28, 2026
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
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- Accession number
- Ж-4005
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Meanwhile, in the life of Ilya Repin
The whole lifeFebruary 1878
Admitted to the Peredvizhniki society
For Repin's sake the rules on "exhibitor's seniority" were waived. Kramskoy: "Do you know what fine words you have written: 'I am yours.'"
October 1880
Meeting Leo Tolstoy
The writer appeared unexpectedly at Repin's Moscow home and stayed for about two hours. The acquaintance lasted twenty years and yielded several famous portraits.
2 – 5 March 1881
Portrait of Mussorgsky in the hospital
Upon learning from Stasov of the composer's grave condition, he immediately left for St. Petersburg and painted the portrait at a hospital table in four days. Mussorgsky died a few days later.
1883–1888
"Unexpected Visitors"
He repainted the protagonist's head many times — even secretly from Tretyakov in the gallery hall — striving for a "transition from joy to astonishment."
1885
"Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan" — and an imperial ban
Shown at the 13th Peredvizhniki exhibition; Alexander III ordered it "barred from exhibitions." Thanks to the efforts of cultural figures, the ban was lifted.
1891
"The Zaporozhian Cossacks" presented at a solo exhibition
Twelve years from the first sketch made at Abramtsevo (1878). The historian Yavornytsky posed for the scribe, and General Dragomirov for Ataman Sirko.
