Repin, Ilya Yefimovich (1844-1930), Russian painter, born in Chuguyev, considered the outstanding realist of his generation. Although he was a good drafter and a skilled colorist, he was known mainly for his subject matter: His deeply moving scenes of common people were an indictment of the czarist regime. His Volga Boatmen (1873, Russian State Museum, Saint Petersburg), showing bargemen harnessed together like beasts of burden, made him famous. He went on to paint large historica