Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - "The Apotheosis of War" Vereshchagin ne ya zana shi a cikin 1871. A wancan lokacin, Vereshchagin yana zaune a Munich, Jamus, inda ya zana zane-zane 13 (ciki har da "Apotheosis") na zane-zane wanda ke nuna farkon tafiyarsa tare da Sojojin Rasha na Imperial yayin da yake motsawa a duk Asiya ta Tsakiya, yana yaƙi da ƙungiyoyi daban-daban da cin nasara
abin da zai zama Rasha Turkestan. A matsayinsa na mai zane-zanen yaƙi na gargajiya, yawancin ayyukan Vereshchagin sun ta'allaka ne da wuraren yaƙi tsakanin sojojin Rasha da sojojin Khanates na Khiva da Kokand.