
Viktor Vasnetsov1848–1926Si può ammirare?
Mosca, Russia
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1912
A patent of nobility from Nicholas II
In 1912 an imperial decree granted him, for his artistic merits, “the nobility of the Russian Empire with all his descendants”; in 1914 he received the rank of actual state councillor.
1914
His last visit to Vyatka
In 1914 he came to Vyatka for the last time and visited the theological school and seminary where he had studied.
1915
A sketch of the “bogatyrka”, the future budenovka
In 1915 he took part in designing a military uniform for the Russian army’s victory parade in Berlin and Constantinople; he is credited with creating the “bogatyrka”, a hat reproducing the cone-shaped helmets of Kievan Rus’ — the future budenovka.