Ivan Blinov

In addition to this he also studied manuscript writing and calligraphy in various Russian museums and libraries. In 1909-1906 he worked at the Old Believers book publishers that belonged to L.A. Malekhonov, where Blinov oversaw publication of several important books and reprints. He also worked on private commissions, and among his clients were the House of Romanov, Russian Historical Museum and the Rumyantsev Museum. In 1916 Blinov was drafted to a military hospital. In 1919 Blinov became a member of the scholarly board of the Russian Historical Museum. In 1925 Blinov was forced to return to his home village due to family circumstances. In 1920-1930 he worked various jobs, was a member of a collective farm and continued to work on religious manuscripts as a hobby, while remaining under suspicion with the new secular government. Blinov created almost 200 manuscript books, most of them containing various religious texts. He also worked on preservation of several important manuscripts. In addition to this Blinov is known as a book illustrator, a graphic artist and a painter.

• Name — Ivan Blinov • Birth Name — Ivan Gavrilovich Blinov • Born — 5 (18) November 1872 • Birthplace — Kudashikha, Bolshepesoshninskaya Volost, Balakhninsky Uyezd, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 8 June 1944 • Place of death — Kudashikha, Gorodetsky District, Gorky Oblast, USSR • Citizenship — Russian • Field — Calligraphy, painting, bookmaking • Training — Self-education • Movement — Russian Medieval Style; Historicism • Works — The Tale of Peter and Fevronia of Murom (1900, 1901), The Tale of Igor's Campaign, The Akathist to St. Seraphim of Sarov, The Canon to the Holy Cross, The history of Gorodets-town