▁ 1 8 8 4 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 7 ▁he ▁completed ▁his ▁studies ▁at ▁the ▁Moscow ▁St ro gan ov ▁School ▁of ▁Art ▁and ▁Indust rial ▁Design ▁and ▁won ▁a ▁scholar ship ▁to ▁study ▁in ▁Italy ▁until ▁ 1 9 0 9 ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁commission ed ▁to ▁design ▁mur als ▁for ▁buildings ▁in ▁St ▁Petersburg ▁and ▁Moscow . ▁His ▁first ▁significant ▁commission ▁was ▁for ▁m osa ics ▁for ▁the ▁tomb ▁of ▁the ▁assass in ated ▁George ▁I ▁of ▁Greece . ▁▁ ▁Adam ov ich ▁worked ▁in ▁L ening rad ▁following ▁the ▁Russian ▁Revolution ▁and ▁his ▁two ▁years ▁service ▁in ▁the ▁Revolution ary ▁guard . ▁The ▁Imperial ▁Por cel ain ▁Factory ▁had ▁been ▁founded ▁by ▁Em press ▁Elizabeth ▁Pet rov na ▁in ▁ 1 7 4 4 ▁as ▁the ▁first ▁por cel ain ▁factory ▁in ▁Russia . ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 8 ▁it ▁was ▁renamed ▁the ▁State ▁Por cel ain ▁factory ▁and ▁Adam ov ich ▁was ▁employed . ▁He ▁designed ▁cer am ics ▁that ▁reflected ▁the ▁a ims ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁government ▁in ▁Russia . ▁He ▁worked ▁there ▁from ▁ 1 9 1 8 ▁to ▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁and ▁he ▁returned ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁for ▁two ▁years . ▁Adam ov ich ▁later ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁work ▁at ▁the ▁Vol kh ov ▁Cer am ic ▁Factory ▁in ▁Nov gor od . ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 7 ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁Moscow ▁to ▁design ▁for ▁the ▁D ule vo ▁Cer am ic ▁Factory . ▁He ▁is