Now the site contains the following information about the artist: Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Hovhannes Ayvazyan), Armenian, was born in the Russian Empire.
Earlier, the Metropolitan Museum of Art declared Arkhip Kuindzhi a Ukrainian artist.
Ilya Repin and Ivan Aivazovsky were also named Ukrainians.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has also renamed a painting by French Impressionist Edgar Degas "Russian Dancer" to "Dancer in Ukrainian Dress".
Read more about the situation in the material RT.