Savva Vasilyevich Yamshchikov was a leading expert on Russian provincial art, particularly medieval icon painting and portrait painting of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Yamschikov graduated from the Moscow University and worked at the All-Russian... Wikipedia
Born: October 8, 1938, Moscow, Russia
Died: July 19, 2009 (age 70 years), Pskov, Russia
Spouse: Valentina Ganibalova