October 10, 2018 VOHM them. I.N. Kramskoy took part in the annual all-Russian action “A Day at the Museum for the Russian Cadet.”

For students of the cadet corps of the Air Force Academy. N.E. Zhukovsky and Yu.A. Gagarin held a thematic lesson dedicated to the life of the work of the outstanding Russian battle artist, writer, graduate of the naval cadet corps Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin.

The cadets got acquainted with the biography of one of the most famous Russian painters, who had an extraordinary visionary gift, anticipating the horrors of the world wars of the 20th century. The works made the participants reflect on being, life and death, imbued with the deep drama of the artistic heritage left by the great master.