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Art Gallery Attractions In Kursk

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Kursk is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym Rivers. The area around Kursk was the site of a turning point in the Soviet–German struggle during World War II and the site of the largest tank battle in history. Population: 415,159 ; 412,442 ; 424,239 .
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  • 1. Kursk State Art Gallery Kursk
    Religious Procession in Kursk Governorate is a large oil on canvas painting by the Russian realist painter and sculptor Ilya Repin . Completed between 1880 and 1883, the work shows a seething, huddled mass attending the annual religious procession carrying the famous icon Our Lady of Kursk from its home at the Korennaya Monastery to the nearby city of Kursk in western Russia. The procession is led through a dusty landscape by robed, Orthodox priests holding icons, festoons and banners over their heads. Behind them follow a crowd mostly of peasants, but ranging from beggars and cripples, police and military officers to figures from the provincial elite. Religious Procession led to controversy when first exhibited due to the icon being held by a man who appears to be drunk.The work is a cont...
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