In her introductory speech at the meeting of the scientific circle of the Department of Humanitarian Disciplines of Sumy branch of KhNUIA "VERITAS", the professor of the department Nadiia Demydenko noted that the outstanding Ukrainian artist Mykola Pymonenko (1862 - 1912) belongs to those artists who, according to Ilia Riepin, successfully "managed to show the whole world the beauty of Ukraine", its customs, traditions.https://univd.edu.ua/uk/news/14166