That, too, I would say, great!
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Before the war, belonged to the work of art and historical museum in Sumy, Sumy Oblast is now art museum . Nicanor Onatsky .
Not all the works were evacuated to the rear (city Novocibirsk ), much still remained in Sumy, including a large collection of paintings and drawings of IP Pryanishnikov . The work has emerged in Germany in the sale of items from the family archives of the famous German General Johannes Friedrich Gustav Block.
http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-4...k-Johannes.htm
In October 1941 , German troops under General took the city of Sumy. In Sumy, good year , he had a bet. In mid- May 1942 general was ordered to transfer the command and report to 01.06.1942 to Hitler's headquarters on the rise. In the 20th of May , General -bye to the City may then and was presented with this work. On the reverse side there is a " donation " to the Russian and German languages ​​, in which the mayor of the city of Sumy officially brings this work to the general.

The whole story, good provenance.

Tov.
Sergeynovo.

He spoke as comrade.
Guriev, it is not Roubaud!
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