Grigory Soroka

Milyukov family. In 1842-1847 he studied art from Alexey Venetsianov then he was returned to his owner. In the 1850s-1860s he resided in his home village. He fell in love with his owner's daughter Lydia but was forcibly married to a serf woman. After the emancipation reform of 1861 in Russia, Soroka remained under the serfdom system.^{[citation needed]} He made a formal complaint but it was rejected and he was flogged. Soroka's body was found in the baking room where he had hanged himself.^[1] His beloved Lydia poisoned herself soon after.^{[citation needed}