Pyotr Gruzinsky

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The mountaineers leave the aul, by P. N. Gurzinsky, 1872

Pyotr Nikolayevich Gruzinsky (Russian: Пётр Николаевич Грузинский; literally "Peter of Georgia"; 1837-1892) was a Russian artist of Georgian origin known for his paintings of battle scenes from the Caucasus War. He was a scion of the Mukhrani-Gruzinsky branch of the Bagrationi Dynasty that had moved to Imperial Russia in the 18th century.

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