Ivan Kazakov

Ivan Semyonovich Kazakov (Russian: Иван Семёнович Казаков; (1 February 1873 in Kasilova, Oryol Governorate – 16 October 1935 in Tashkent) was a painter and graphic artist; residing in the Russian Empire and later the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic.

He continued at the Imperial Academy of Arts under Vladimir Makovsky and was awarded the title of "Artist" in 1898.

From 1926 to 1930, he was an organizing member of the Tashkent branch of the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia (AKhRR) and headed their studio.

Its pseudonymous author accused them of having their students paint figures of Christ and Saint Paul and suggested that the AKhRR branch in Tashkent be investigated by "Glavprofobra" (the General Directorate of Vocational Education).

A special board meeting by local members of the OGPU (Joint State Political Directorate) sentenced them to three years exile in Stalinabad (Dushanbe).