As a Ukrainian, one of my favorite paintings :). I like to look at it before writing up any kind of letter of resignation. Fun fact: the Russian language Wikip

As a Ukrainian, one of my favorite paintings :). I like to look at it before writing up any kind of letter of resignation. Fun fact: the Russian language Wikipedia article has a bit more detail about the creation of this painting. Repin used his colleagues as models and the one who the Cossack with the bald pate is based on had to be tricked into modeling since he was self conscious about his hair.