Both countries lay claim to Ivan Aivazovsky and his works, many of which were in Crimea when it was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.

MOSCOW, September 29. /TASS/. Aivazovsky’s Sea painting, which had been stolen from Russia, is taken off sale of a Swiss auction, representative of the Russian Interior Ministry Irina Volk said ...

SYDNEY, June 6. /TASS/. The naming of the Simferopol Airport after Russian artist Ivan Aivazovsky will help people from all over the world find out more about his art and the Crimean Peninsula ...

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The phrase “worthy of Aivazovsky’s brush” was coined by the writer Anton Chekhov in his 1897 play Uncle Vanya, solidifying the artist’s lasting importance to the history of Russian art. Aivazovsky’s ...