Stalingrad (painting) there that Jorn would work on final adjustments, adding a few black dots representing houses in December 1972, shortly before he died. Stalingrad (painting) Stalingrad is an oil painting by the Danish artist Asger Jorn depicting the futility of war. Considered to be one of Denmark's artistic masterpieces, it was included in the 2006 Danish Culture Canon. The canvas, , now hangs in Museum Jorn, Silkeborg. In the 1950s, after a long and difficult period in hospital suffering from tuberculosis, Jorn had embarked on figurative painting hoping to establish himself at the European level. He often reacted against the works,
History of the Russian language in Ukraine settlers onto what became Ukrainian territory came in the late 16th century to the area known as Slobozhanschyna or Sloboda Ukraina, in what is now northeastern Ukraine. This territory was settled after being abandoned by the Tatars. Russian settlers however were outnumbered by Ukrainian settlers who were escaping harsh exploitative conditions in the west. More Russian speakers appeared in the northern, central and eastern territories that are now Ukraine during the late 17th century, following the Cossack Rebellion (1648–1657) which Bohdan Khmelnytsky led against Poland. The Khmelnytsky Uprising led to a massive movement of Ukrainian settlers to the Slobozhanschyna region,