Pyramid Of Skulls
- Dmitry Chernyshev
- 11.11.2026, 14:55
Every day.
A superhuman mind calculates that in Vasily Vereshchagin’s painting “The Apotheosis of War,” the pyramid consists of approximately 1,500–2,000 skulls.
That’s roughly how many soldiers the Russian occupation army is currently losing on the front lines. Killed. Every day.
The day before yesterday, a pyramid of skulls like this. Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow… Just imagine the long halls of the Tretyakov Gallery, where another painting like this appears every day.

I’ll add that the frame of “The Apotheosis of War” bears the inscription: “Dedicated to all great conquerors—past, present, and future.”
Dmitry Chernyshev, “Telegram”