the picture you can see lev nikolaevich tolstoy anton pavlovich chekhov, a close friend of alexei maksimovich sorry a. why is chaliapin depicted as if it were a shadow, as if it were a spirit. unfortunately, the artist did not have time to finish the painting, because he died suddenly in 1993. a lot of people offered us a picture, by the way, to finish painting, especially the artist's students. well, everyone who took the brushes of the easel in his hands, then hesitantly walked away saying, and you know, it’s probably even better for him to decide to give up all these attempts, which turned out to be really better than chaliapin as the spirit is invisibly present here, because, really, it’s very cool. well, now we get to the former dining room of this mansion. the most interesting thing in this dining room chaliapin's menu was written by his personal chef. nikolai nikolaevich, tail. this is very interesting for us, but as i see it, chaliapin was very fond of meat. fedorovich preferred, after all ordinary russian food, he was very fond of kulibyaki with meat, his porridge with milk. well, no