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Painter. Born in the family of Pyotr Ventsenostsev in the village of Bondari in Tambov Province (1865). Graduated from the Tambov School of Theology and studied at the Tambov Academy of Theology (1882–85) and Imperial Academy of Arts (1885–89). Awarded two silver medals for studies of horses (1887). Died in St Petersburg (after 1894). Contributed to the exhibitions of the Society of Travelling Art Exhibitions (1891).