Pyotr Bagin

On the Angara River

On the Angara River

In Valentin Rasputin’s book, the Angara is the embodiment of untamed nature — powerful and willful, both menacing and beautiful, like an ancient goddess. For the young protagonist, the river is alive: “It stirred restlessly, heaving and sighing. At times a deep, hollow murmur rose from within, followed by a […]

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Pyotr Bagin

Pyotr Bagin

Pyotr Ivanovich Bagin (born 1938) — graphic artist and book illustrator. Born and raised in Ufa, Bagin graduated from the Leningrad Art and Graphic College in 1958 and later from the animation department of the VGIK Art Faculty (All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography). For more than forty years, he has […]

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