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A fact from Russia 200 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 May 2026 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that photographs of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine were arranged to form a mosaic image of Vasily Vereshchagin's The Apotheosis of War on Russia 200's website?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2026/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Russia 200.

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. Track your hook after promotion. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:11, 27 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

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The Apotheosis of War (1871), painting by Vasily Vereshchagin used on the Russia 200 website.

... that photographs of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine were arranged to form a mosaic image of Vasily Vereshchagin's The Apotheosis of War (pictured) on the Russia 200 website?

Source: France 24

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Created by Rampion (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Rampion (talk) 07:48, 19 March 2026 (UTC).Reply

Article is new and long enough. Adequately sourced, fits no BLP violations, and Earwig returns a 4.8%. Article is presentable and there are noo issues with the hook, with the slight exception that the link used above is broken; however, it seems to be a broken link of , which is cited in the article, so I won't count that. This is the user's first DYK, so QPQ isn't required. — Knightoftheswords 08:18, 19 March 2026 (UTC)Reply