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Chizhov was graduated from the academy in 1867 with the title of Expert Artist of the First Degree and a large gold medal earned for a high relief of Christ's resurrection, copies of which are now located at the academy and in the
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All of these works were exhibited in St. Petersburg. The first two earned the artist, in 1873, the title of
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