On June 12, 1918, in the village of Belaya Glina, located in the county of Krasnodar, in the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union, Ivan Ivanovitch Garikow was born. He was the fourth child of six (five brothers and one sister) born to Anna (Nechaikina) and Ivan Garikow.
World War I had ended but civil war continued to rage throughout Russia. After Lenin’s takeover of the Russian government became a reality, Joseph Stalin’s ascension to power soon followed. Stalin implemented numerous purges upon the Russian people; victimizing, ostracizing and executing millions of anticommunist dissidents. Through all of this turbulence, Ivan spent his youth on a horse ranch and attended elementary school.
Near the completion of his elementary school education, his artistic ability was noticed, and Ivan was sent to painter’s school. At age eighteen, he submitted his art work for consideration to the Repin Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Leningrad. Ivan was granted admission as a student of the Repin Academy.
Repin Academy remains the most prestigious art school in the former Soviet Union (Russian Federation) and is currently part of St. Petersburg State University which previously known as Leningrad State University. Built by Peter the Great, the construction of the school was started in 1706 and completed in 1741. The school is located inside the Petropavloskaya Fortress. The Fortress was built on a small island on the Neva River. This was the start of St. Petersburg.
...more to follow...
0 comments:
Post a Comment