THE ROLE OF V.M. VASNETSOV IN THE HISTORY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THE "MANARCHICAL STATEHOOD" BY L.A. TIKHOMIROV
If the religious painting of the famous artist V.M. Vasnetsov began to be spoken about only in the 1990s, then special studies of his political views are virtually unknown. The history of the relationship of V.M. Vasnetsov with the biggest ideologue of the monarchy, L.A Tikhomirov, essentially broadens our understanding of this long-hushed up topic. In this work, the author introduces into the scientific circulation the non-published correspondence between L.A. Tikhomirov and V.M. Vasnetsov, stored in the House-Museum of V.M. Vasnetsov, as well as a cultural contextual analysis of the relationship between the artist and political thinker. In particular, the author reveals V.M. Vasnetsov as a sponsor and inspirer of L.A. Tikhomirov at writing of the main work of his life "Monarchical Statehood".