On May 16, an employee of the Bolgar Museum-Reserve Hramov D.P. held a lecture “Bolgar through the eyes of great artists” for the students of the 8th grade of Bolgar secondary school № 1.
The listeners of the lecture learned that the ruins of the Bolgar settlement appeared on the canvases of many outstanding artists. Edward Turnerelli, brothers G.G. and N.G. Chernetsov, Andre Duran, A.K. Savrasov and I.I. Shishkin made drawings and sketches of Bolgar architectural monuments at different times.
In the 19th century, St. Petersburg artists Chernetsov brothers made a unique expedition – they sailed from Rybinsk to Astrakhan “to draw from nature wonderful places on both banks of the Volga in a panoramic view”. For six months of the voyage, the painters made 1982 drawings, 80 sketches in oil and many plans and sketches of all kinds of Volga sights. The travelers also visited Bolgar and left their diary entries, as well as drawings of ancient buildings preserved by that time – the Big and Small Minarets, the Eastern Mausoleum, the White and Black Chambers.
15 people attended the event.

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