Works
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Promenade of Empress Elizabeth through the Noble Streets of Saint Petersburg, 1903
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Peter the Great Meditating the Idea of Building Saint Petersburg at the Shore of the Baltic Sea
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Military Parade of Emperor Paul in front of Mikhaylovsky Castle, 1907
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Set for Stravinsky's Petrushka, 1911
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At the German Quarter, 1911
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