Nikolay Semyonovich Samokish (Russian: Николай Семёнович Самокиш; translit.: Nikolay Semyonovich Samokish; 25 October 1860, Nezhin, Government of Chernigov, Russian Empire - 18 January 1944, Simferopol, Russian SFSR, USSR) was a Russian and Soviet painter and illustrator of Cossack descent who specialized in military art and animal painting. During the First World War Samokish was a correspondent for The Russian Sun [ru], one of the most popular patriotic journals in Imperial Russia. He was a recipient of the Stalin Prize in 1941.
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25 October 1860 Nezhin, Russian Empire
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Died |
18 January 1944 (aged 83) Simferopol, Russian SFSR
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Zodiac | Scorpio |
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