3586 Vasnetsov
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3586 Vasnetsov is a main-belt
asteroid
discovered on September 26, 1978 by L. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj. It is named after Russian artists Viktor Vasnetsov
and his brother Apollinary Vasnetsov
.
Asteroid belt
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asteroid
Asteroid
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discovered on September 26, 1978 by L. Zhuravleva at Nauchnyj. It is named after Russian artists Viktor Vasnetsov
Viktor Vasnetsov
Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov , 1848 — Moscow, July 23, 1926) was a Russian artist who specialized in mythological and historical subjects. He was described as co-founder of folklorist/romantic modernism in the Russian painting and a key figure of the revivalist movement in Russian art.- Childhood ...
and his brother Apollinary Vasnetsov
Apollinary Vasnetsov
Apollinary Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov , 1856, the village of Riabovo, Vyatka province - January 23, 1933, Moscow) was a Russian painter and graphic artist whose elder brother was the more famous Viktor Vasnetsov. He specialized in scenes from the medieval history of Moscow.Vasnetsov was a painter and a...
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