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A picture taken in Saint Petersburg on November 17, 2016 shows restorers of the Stieglitz Art and Industry Academy displaying the portrait of Tsar Nicholas II by Ilya Galkin (1896) that was discovered beneath water-soluble paint on the back of the canvas used for the full-size portrait of Vladimir Lenin by Vladislav Izmailovich (1924). A portrait of the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, remained hidden for nearly a century under a portrait of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin, and discovered by chance will soon be exhibited in Saint Petersburg, according to restorers. (Photo by Olga Maltseva/AFP Photo)
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