filipp andreevich malyavin (october 22, 1869, kazanki (julian calendar: october 10) – december 23, 1940, nice, france) was a russian painter and draftsman. trained in icon-painting as well as having studied under the great russian realist painter ilya repin, malyavin is unusual among the russian artists of the time for having a peasant background. it is possibly due to this that his paintings often depict peasant life, and his most famous work, whirlwind, shows peasant women dancing.filipp malyavin was born in the large village of kazanki (samara province, now the totsk district, orenburg reg…