# At the city wall. "Let them enter!"

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VERESHCHAGIN, Vasily Vasilyevich](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vereshchagin-vasily-vasilyevich-r89c9543a9bfe26>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 95 x 161 cm

## Commentary

At the city wall. &#34;Let them enter!&#34; 1871 Oil on canvas, 95 x 161 cm State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg The painting commemorates the capture of Khiva \(in present-day Uzbekistan\) by Russian Imperial troops.

## Related artworks

- [The Apotheosis of War](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/vereshchagin-vasily-vasilyevich-r89c9543a9bfe26/the-apotheosis-of-war-rc4c5a4d667e5bb>)

## Attribution

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