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Vasily
Nikolayevich Rousseau

Russia • born in 1881

Student of the Academy of Arts from 1901 to 1910 2 Nov 1910 - the title of the artist for the sculpture: "a True friend". (Kondakov)

The author of the sculpture of the soldier's monument "to the Heroes of 1812" in Maloyaroslavets.

Vasiliy Russo, a famous sculptor (he studied at the famous St. Petersburg Academy of arts) and the checkers player (mid 20's - master of sports of the USSR). It was he, Rousseau, was given the honour to open on behalf of the all-Union Committee on physical culture I all-Union chess and draughts Congress (August 1924, Moscow), which adopted a historic decision on the transfer of both the ancient games "at the state track" (signal to create chess and checkers sections in the committees). In accordance with the then nascent tradition at the opening of the Congress was announced its honorary Presidium, the second after A. Rykov (who led after the death of Lenin Council of people's Commissars), were Trotsky, although it was no secret that General Secretary Stalin considers it the worst enemy of the party (and, therefore, a personal enemy, too) and pushes, in Alliance with other influential members of the Politburo of the party of the Areopagus (to the honorary Presidium of the chess Congress was listed and is rapidly losing its influence "second person" of the October revolution, insisted by none other than Rousseau, then disappeared during the "great terror"). ("Altai truth"

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