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Ilya Yefimovich Repin was born in Kharkov, Ukraine in 1844. Aged 22, after an (a)   that covered icon painting and portraiture, he was admitted as a student to the Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg. APPRENTICE

For more than 3 years, supported by the Academy, Repin lived in Italy and France where he was exposed to  (a)   Impressionist painting. This influenced his use of light and colour but he never became an impressionist.FRANCE

Instead he developed "a realist" style of painting. His works often revealed great (a)   depth and exposed tensions within the existing social and political order. In his old age he was celebrated within the USSR. PSYCHOLOGY

The fact that in the Soviet Union he was eventually identified with the school of "Socialist Realism" may have harmed his reputation in the West. This is a pity because western prejudice may have (a)   many art lovers from looking closely at Repin’s work. COURAGE

The fact is that Repin painted some of the most exciting, original and (a)   paintings of his age. "Party", "They Did Not Expect Him" and "Reply of the Zaporochian Cossacks" are just a few of his many masterpieces. AMBITION

Bath is one of the easiest cities to explore with a compact centre of broad main streets lined with numerous historic (a)   and pretty shops. BUILD

Everything you could want to see is within walking distance but you can spend several days in Bath each day doing something different and something (a)   . EXCITE

Don’t forget that nearby is the ancient and (a)   Stonehenge, a circle of enormous rocks on the edge of the Salisbury Plain. MYSTERY

The growth of tourism infrastructure related to the base of Ayers Rock, or Uluru began in the 1950s. Soon it started to produce adverse (a)   impacts. ENVIRONMENT

It was decided in the early 1970s to remove all accommodation-⁠related tourist facilities and re-⁠establish them outside the park. In 1975, a (a)   of 104 square kilometres of land beyond the park’s northern boundary was chosen as the site for a new resort. RESERVE