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Summary

Pyotr Myasoedov: The Burning of Protopope Avvakum.

Artist



Alternative names	Мясоедов, Пётр Евгеньевич
Description	Russian painter
Date of birth/death	1867	27 September 1913
Location of birth/death	Russian Empire	Russian Empire
Authority file	: Q26255678

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Title

The Burning of Protopope Avvakum.

Object type

painting

Description

The raskol (schism) of the XVII century in Russia and the Old Believers as a special branch of Orthodoxy. Religious-political movement of the XVII century, as a result of which there was separation from the Russian Orthodox Church of the faithful, not to accept the reforms of Patriarch Nikon.

The leader and ideologist of the Old Believers protopope (archpriest) Avvakum as well as priest Lazarus, deacon Theodore, monk Epiphany were exiled to the Far North and imprisoned in an earthen prison Pustozersk. After 14 years of imprisonment and torture, they were burnt alive in a wooden house in 1682.

Date

1897

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 103.5 cm (40.7 in); width: 67.5 cm (26.5 in)

Collection

The State Museum of the History of Religion, Moscow, Russia

Source/Photographer

culture.ru

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current	07:34, 26 April 2018	1,404 × 900 (366 KB)	Sealle	size & resolution
	23:59, 4 April 2009	772 × 495 (174 KB)	Deodar~commonswiki	Убрал лишний фрагмент
	23:42, 4 April 2009	800 × 558 (194 KB)	Deodar~commonswiki	{{Information \|Description={{ru\|1=П. Е. Мясоедов (1867—1913). Сожжение протопопа Аввакума. Холст, масло. Размер: 67.5 × 103.5 вершков. 1897.}} \|Source=[http://img-kiev.fotki.yandex.ru/get/12/rol