BAZARDÜZÜ PAINTED BY ILIA ZANKOVSKY

ILYA ZANKOVSKY (1832-1919)

Bazardüzü or Bazar Dyuzi  (4,467 m- 14,656 ft) 

Russia - Azerbaijan border 

The Mountain 
Mount Bazardüzü or Bazar Dyuzi  (4,467 m - 14,656 ft) in Russian Базардюзю,  is a mountain peak in the Caucasus range in Dagestan on the border between Russia and Azerbaijan. It is the highest peak in Azerbaijan. The southernmost point of Russia is located about seven kilometers southwest of the peak. Other important mountains of the Dagestan area are Diklosmta (4.285 m), Gora Addala Shukgelmezr (4.152 m) and Gora Dyultydag (4.127 m).
Source: 
- Peakbagger.com

The painter 
Ilya Nikolaevitch Zankovsky was a russian  painter and graphic artist who studied as a noncredit student in the Imperial Academy of Arts (IAKh, 1862–1863) and who did not finish the course. Zankovsky lived in Tiflis, served in the Military topographic department of the Caucasus military region. He painted landscapes of the Caucasus (Mount Elbrus, Georgian military road, The Darial Gorge, From the main mountain range, Mount Ushba. Hunters halt). He worked a lot in watercolor. His works were shown at the exhibitions of the Caucasian Society for Encouragement of Fine Arts, the Society for mutual aid of Caucasian artists, the Society of Russian Watercolorists, and at the Autumn exhibitions in the halls of the IAKh. Zankovsky taught in the Drawing School under the Caucasian Society for Encouragement of Fine Arts in 1880s–1910s.
In 2009 an exhibition of Zankovsky’s works was held in Moscow. Works by Ilya Zankovsky are in many museum collections, including the State Russian Museum, Odessa Fine Arts Museum, Omsk Regional Museum of Fine Arts named after M. A. Vrubel, and Dagestan Museum of Local History.
Source : 
 -Wandering Above Silent Vertexes blog