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Painter, engraver, teacher. Younger brother of Victor Bobrov. Born in the family of a merchant called Alexei Bobrov in the village of Gatobuzhi (Gotobuzhi) in St Petersburg Province (1849). Studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1867–72). Specialised in perspective views of rooms, such as the Library of Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich at the Anichkov Palace in St Petersburg (1869). Awarded t...