Nikolai Sergeyev (painter)
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Nikolai Sergeyev was a Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n painter.

Nikolai Sergeyev was born in the village of Kriukov in the rural district of Vereiskii. In 1924 he moved to Moscow
Moscow
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. He attended courses at the Artists’ Association of Revolutionary Russia
AKhRR
The Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia , later known as Association of Artists of the Revolution was a group of artists in the Soviet Union in 1928-1933...

 guided by Ilya Mashkov
Ilya Mashkov
Ilya Ivanovich Mashkov was a Russian artist, one of the most significant and at the same time most characteristic painters of the circle of "Jack of Diamonds" .He was born in the cossack village Mikhailovskaya-on-Don in a peasant family...

 and studied at Surikov Institute under Boris Ioganson
Boris Ioganson
Boris Vladimirovich Ioganson was a Russian painter.Ioganson was born in Moscow. His father's Swedish ancestors russified the surname "Johanson"" into "Ioganson." Ioganson attended the Moscow School of Art and studied under Kasatkin and Malyutin. He was a member of the Society of Young Artists,...

. In 1942, he graduated from Surikov under Alexander Osmerkin
Alexander Osmerkin
Alexander Alexandrovich Osmerkin was a Russian painter, graphic artist, stage designer, and art teacher. He was a member of the Knave of Diamonds avant-garde group, AKhRR, and Society of Moscow Artists groups...

 receiving the schools top mark for his work titled “From Native Land”.

In 1942 Nikolai became a member of the USSR Union of Artists
USSR Union of Artists
Union of Artists of the USSR was a creative union of the Soviet artists and arts critics embracing the union republics.The Union started in 1932 to supersede the AKhRR. The integral Union was instituted in 1957...

. In 1943 Nikolai Sergeyev was evacuated to Samarkand
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, Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
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.In 1987 he became an honorary member of the Moskvorechie Artists Community, also known as “Moscow Voices”.

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