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Boris Vasilievich Smirnov - Siberia. Migrant from New Russia.

Siberia. Migrant from New Russia. (1904)

Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (Russian, 1881-1954)
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Boris Vasilievich Smirnov was a Russian artist who in 1904 traveled by prisoner transport from western Russia across Siberia. Along the way he created a series of drawings and watercolors of the people and places he encountered. Best known as a portraitist, Smirnov focused on the faces of the men and women he met, who included exiles, prisoners, settlers from Ukraine and western Russia, local military and civilian officials, peasants and merchants. His works from this period also include a handful of drawings of houses and landscapes. The sketches were made in the Ural Mountains, Irkutsk, Omsk, Krasnoyarsk, and in villages along the route. The details of Smirnov's journey are sketchy. Some accounts say that he traveled along the Great Siberian Road as a volunteer on the way to the front in the Russo-Japanese War. Other accounts say that he was an exile, possibly sent to Siberia for refusing to be conscripted into the army. The Great Siberian Road, depicted in several of Smirnov's drawings, was the route from Moscow to China via Siberia.

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Official from the Irkutsk Provincial Court.

Official from the Irkutsk Provincial Court. (1904)

Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (Russian, 1881-1954)
Grandmother from Krasnoyarsk.

Grandmother from Krasnoyarsk. (1904)

Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (Russian, 1881-1954)
Deep in the Woods of the Krasnoyarsk Taiga.

Deep in the Woods of the Krasnoyarsk Taiga. (1904)

Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (Russian, 1881-1954)
Thawed Patches in the Taiga near Krasnoyarsk. Early Spring.

Thawed Patches in the Taiga near Krasnoyarsk. Early Spring. (1904)

Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (Russian, 1881-1954)
Inhabitant of Irkutsk. Joiner.

Inhabitant of Irkutsk. Joiner. (1904)

Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (Russian, 1881-1954)
Gold-Mining Worker. A Spirtonos, or Alcohol Smuggler, Imprisioned for Selling Alcohol at the Mines.

Gold-Mining Worker. A Spirtonos, or Alcohol Smuggler, Imprisioned for Selling Alcohol at the Mines. (1904)

Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (Russian, 1881-1954)
Moonlit Night in a Village near Irkutsk.

Moonlit Night in a Village near Irkutsk. (1904)

Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (Russian, 1881-1954)
Sweeper on an Irkutsk Street.

Sweeper on an Irkutsk Street. (1904)

Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (Russian, 1881-1954)
Moonlit Night near Irkutsk at a Resettlement Point.

Moonlit Night near Irkutsk at a Resettlement Point. (1904)

Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (Russian, 1881-1954)
Returning from an Unsuccessful Picnic in the Taiga. Irkutsk.

Returning from an Unsuccessful Picnic in the Taiga. Irkutsk. (1904)

Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (Russian, 1881-1954)
Wife of a Court Official. Irkutsk.

Wife of a Court Official. Irkutsk. (1904)

Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (Russian, 1881-1954)
Irkutsk Prison. Criminal.

Irkutsk Prison. Criminal. (1904)

Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (Russian, 1881-1954)
Disabled Retiree of the Imperial Guard. Irkutsk.

Disabled Retiree of the Imperial Guard. Irkutsk. (1904)

Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (Russian, 1881-1954)
Following the Husband to Hard Labor. Irkutsk.

Following the Husband to Hard Labor. Irkutsk. (1904)

Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (Russian, 1881-1954)
Military Official.

Military Official. (1904)

Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (Russian, 1881-1954)
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