Ivan Kramskoi

"The Contemplator" (1876)
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Vasily Surikov

Boyarina Morozova (1887)
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Hans Holbein

The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb (detail)
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Hans Holbein

The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb (1521)
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Hans Fries

"The Beheading of John the Baptist" (1514)
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The Crystal Palace

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Table of Ranks

Peter I's Table of Ranks
 
The Civil Service 
 
The Army
 
The Navy 
 
1. Chancellor
 
Field Marshall
 
General-Admiral
 
2. Active Privy Counselor
 
General
 
Admiral
 
3. Privy Counselor
 
Lieutenant General
 
Vice-Admiral
 
4. Active State Councilor
 
Major General
 
Rear Admiral
 
5. State Counselor
 
Brigadier
 
Captain-Commander
 
6. Collegiate Counselor
 
Colonel
 
First Captain
 
7. Court Counselor
 
Lieutenant Colonel
 
Second Captain
 
8. Collegiate Assessor
 
Major
 
Lieutenant Captain
 
9. Titular Councilor
 
Captain
 
Staff Captain
 
10. Collegiate Secretary
 
Staff Captain
 		 
11. Naval Secretary
 		  
12. District Secretary
 
Lieutenant
 
Midshipman
 
13. Provincial Secretary
 
Sublieutenant
 
Constable
 
14. Collegiate Registrar
 
Guidon Bearer
 		 

The 8th rank conferred hereditary nobility on those who achieved it.

Repin

Nevsky Prospect (1887)
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Volkov

"Haymarket Square in St. Petersburg" (1860s)
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Neva River
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Premazzi

View of the New Hermitage from the South-East (1861)
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