Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks [SEP] creator
Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks
Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of the Ottoman Empire, also known as Cossacks of Zaporog Are Drafting a Manifesto (Russian: Запорожцы пишут письмо турецкому султану), is a painting by Russian artist Ilya Repin. The 2.03 m (6 foot 7 inch) by 3.58 m (11 foot 9 inch) canvas was started in 1880 and finished in 1891. Repin recorded the years of work along the lower edge of the canvas. Alexander
influential essay "Avant-Garde and Kitsch" (1939).
- The painting appears in the opening credits of the 1962 movie "Taras Bulba".
- The writing of the letter is depicted in the film "Taras Bulba" (2009).
- A trailer for the "Cossacks" expansion to the video game Europa Universalis IV includes an altered version of the reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks (2015). The reply also features in the mechanics of the game, with the Zaporozhian faction receiving double