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Poor People... Ignatii Stepanovich Shchedrovskii, graphic artist, lithographer and painter, was born in Lithuania, studied in Vilna, and attended the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts at age 18 to 21. His Scenes from Popular Life of 1839 was republished in 1846, 1852 (our copy), and 1855. The rural element still existed in St. P. in the early 20th century just as it did in South Slavic lands throughout the century. This was not seen to a great extent in London, Paris, Berlin, and not much in New York City at the turn of the 20th century, except in ethnic neighborhoods, but in St. Petersburg peasant peddlers still played a role in commerce, and the village way of life was still evident in the bazaars where P.-burgers bought more than in the retail emporiums. Our Lawrence farmers' market has the rural spirit.

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