.. All about the siege of Leningrad
Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin ( 4 (16) August 1876 - February 7, 1942) - the great Russian painter , book illustrator and stage designer , a member of the "World of Art ».
[B]Bilibin died in besieged Leningrad, February 7, 1942 in hospital at the Russian Academy for Fine Arts. His last work was the preparation of the famous artist illustration of the epic " Duke S. " in 1941. He was buried in a mass grave professors of the Academy of Fine Arts near Smolensk
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