Biography Nikolay Karazin



nikolay karazin, russian troops taking samarkand in 1868


after retirement military service, karazin wrote many adventure , ethnographic stories , novels:



На далеких окрайнахъ (1875; in distant confines, tr. anthony w. sariti, authorhouse, 2007)
В пороховом дыму (in gunpowder smoke, 1878)
В камышах (in reeds, 1879)
varvara lepko , family (1879);
Тигрица (tigress);
orenburg tashkent (1886);
khiva expedition (1882); etc.
the two-legged wolf, english translation, 1894, archive.org

the popular children s book, cranes flying south, telling story of crane migrating ostashkov swamps upper nile. book combined interesting story, geographic descriptions of places crane flew , illustrations author.


later karazin became known painter , illustrator. painted many large canvases devoted battles , military actions in turkestan. prolific book illustrator , 1 of notable authors of postcards. in 1902 participated in first (rejected government) project of moscow metro , produced many paintings showing vision of project. in 1904 karazin became academician of imperial academy of arts.


he died in 1908 in gatchina.








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