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Nobleman by Birth, Knight of the Order of Saint Stanislaus. Irkutsk, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954) was a Russian artist who in 1904 traveled by prisoner transport from western Russia across Siberia. Along the way he created a series of drawings and watercolors of the people and places he encountered. Novosibirsk State Museum of Regional History and Folklife Nobleman by Birth, Knight of the Order of Saint Stanislaus. Irkutsk, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/HERITAGE ART)