I serve in Russia: Savva Yamshchikov

The famous restorer, art critic, one of the most prominent public figures of our time, Savva Vasilievich Yamshchikov was not inferior in the brightness and severity of journalism asam pen. His performances in the press and on the air, according to Alexander Prokhanov, were “a living and passionate instrument of a warrior, preacher and enlightener.” He tirelessly defended the honor of scolded national ideals. The homeland was a shrine for him. His soul, rooting for Russia, its culture, especially gravitated to the province. “Moscow for Russia is a stepmother, and the province is a native mother – I loved to repeat the coachmen. – My personal and creative life is given to the Russian province, and I am grateful to God for this.” He fought for the monuments of the history and culture of Pskov, Suzdal, Veliky Novgorod, for the return of the brilliant Kostroma artist Efima Chesnyakov from the inheritance of the heritage …
The word of the ascetic of our Fatherland is still relevant. For four years that have passed after his death, almost nothing has changed for the better. Reading this book, one cannot but …

Author
Yamshchikov Savva Vasilievich
Editor
Marshcs T.I.
Publisher
Algorithm, 2014
Series
Life in art