▁by ▁request ▁of ▁the ▁Committee ▁of ▁Imperial ▁Society ▁of ▁Hon our ing ▁Visual ▁Arts ▁by ▁Nick ol ay ▁Mak aren ko , ▁published ▁in ▁Saint ▁Petersburg ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 4 . ▁ ▁The ▁Association ▁of ▁Per ed v iz hn iki ▁Art ists ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 0 , ▁Raf ail ▁Lev it sky ▁joined ▁the ▁free - th inking ▁" Associ ation ▁of ▁Per ed v iz hn iki ▁Art ists " ▁who ▁sought ▁to ▁move ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁academic ▁formal ism ▁of ▁the ▁official ▁Academy . ▁ ▁Raf ail ▁Lev it sky ▁exhib ited ▁with ▁the ▁Per ed v iz hn iki ▁( It iner ant ) ▁Mov ement ▁from ▁ 1 8 8 0 ▁to ▁ 1 8 9 4 . ▁ ▁His ▁art istic ▁career ▁took ▁him ▁throughout ▁Russia . ▁After ▁the ▁opening ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 3 ▁of ▁the ▁Rost ov ▁Museum ▁of ▁Church ▁Anti qu ities ▁his ▁name ▁appears ▁twice ▁in ▁the ▁Museum ' s ▁Book ▁of ▁Vis itors ▁( start ed ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 6 ). ▁Raf ail ▁visited ▁this ▁cultural ▁centre ▁of ▁old ▁Russian ▁architecture , ▁church ▁and ▁folk ▁art ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 0 ▁and ▁ 1 9 0 4 . ▁ ▁A ▁painting ▁of ▁the ▁Inter ior ▁of ▁the ▁R ede emer ▁Church ▁" na - sen y ah " ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁Kre ml in ▁of ▁Rost ov ▁was ▁painted ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 4 ▁by ▁Raf ail ▁and ▁is ▁today ▁at ▁the