![]() ![]() In September 2000, while driving to the mountainous Nozhai-Yurt region, he was detained by the Russian military. Viktor Popkov, parishioner of the Old Believers Church and a novice, was going to eventually become a monk. At the end of April 2000, he met with the leadership of Chechnya and achieved a draft peace proposal, which could have formed the basis of the negotiation if Russia agreed to it. When the bloody countdown of the second Russian-Chechen war began in the autumn of 1999, he tried to build bridges for peace between the Russians and Chechens fighting in deadly combats. He was arrested by the Chechen secret services, but soon after his release, as an observer attended the negotiations between the parties to the armed conflict in the summer of 1995. He participated in the release of prisoners who were kept in captivity, after which he became one of the organizers of the Peace March of Soldiers’ Mothers. In December 1994, he was already in the republic, documenting the outcomes of the bombing and shelling of settlements. ![]() He visited North Ossetia and Ingushetia, as well as Moldova.īut Viktor Popkov received real and well-deserved respect during the first Russian-Chechen war. With a peacekeeping mission at the very beginning of the 90s, he was searching for people who disappeared during the war in Georgia. He worked in Nagorno-Karabakh, when there were battles between Armenian and Azerbaijani formations. On June 2, 2001, Viktor Popkov, a Russian human rights activist, advocating for peaceful resolution of the military conflict, passed away in a hospital near Moscow. However, the questions – who exactly shot him or who order the murder are left unanswered. He was detained by both sides of the conflict. Always carrying with him medicines and food for sick and wounded, he made his way to the most inaccessible and remote places. It was a very interesting lecture by Kozorezenko, even for philistines.This man with long grey hair and beard, dressed in monk’s black robe with galoshes on his bare feet, managed to visit the entire republic. The author was kind enough to personalize my copy. This is a very heavy book, I can tell you! Everyone present at the press conference was offered a free copy! The painting is exhibited in the Tretyakov Gallery and this picture is taken from the book “ Viktor Popkov“, written by the above mentioned author Pyotr Kozorezenko. This is the fill painting and as I showed you, excerpts of the painting are all over the place. In the public viewing area the design is also drawn through. This picture was taken during the inspection, a few days before the opening. The playing hall also has some excerpts of the painting on both sides of the stage. The pressroom, on the left you can see an excerpt of the painting. This is a direction sign in the main lobby of the Engineering Building of the Tretyakov, in which the match is staged. ![]() Here are some pictures I took during the inspection of the playing hall, in which one could see the first impressions. You might have noticed when you have carefully checked pictures on various chess websites, that one of his works, “The Team is Resting” was chosen as the art symbol of the world championship match and the organizers and the Tretyakov Gallery staff brilliantly integrated this fine painting in the building, on posters, paper bags, in the VIP and press room, in the playing hall and the public viewing area as you can see in the pictures below. ![]() This is not supposed to be an art blog, and I do not pretend to have any knowledge about Russian art, therefore I would suggest that your read more about the artist here: Pyotr Kozorezenko, Doctor of Art Studies is really looking forward to tell something about art to ignorant chess journalists. Since the match is staged in one of the most prestigious art galleries in Russia, the Tretyakov Gallery ( ), it is a good idea to invite art experts to the daily press conferences, rather than chess grandmasters, although we have seen great press conferences with living legends like Yuri Averbakh, Anatoli Karpov and Garry Kasparov. Pyotr Kozorezenko, Doctor of Art Studies was the honourary guest of today’s match. A press conference timed for the 80th birthday of this brilliant representative of the Soviet Art School was held today, on Wednesday 23 May. Viktor Popkov’s painting “The Team is Resting” was chosen as the art symbol of the World Chess Title Match 2012. ![]()
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