Portrait of Peter I

The artist is a monogramist Peter I the Great (Petr Alekseevich; May 30 / June 9, 1672, Moscow − January 28 /8 February, 1725, St. Petersburg) − The last king of all Rus’ from the Romanov dynasty (from 1682) and the first Emperor All -Russian (since 1721). He was the fourteenth child of Tsar Alexei…

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In the name of peace (signing an agreement on friendship, union and mutual assistance between the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China)

The artist is Vichtinsky The Soviet Union was the first state to establish official diplomatic relations with the Chinese People’s Republic proclaimed in 1949. On February 14, 1950, a friendship, union and mutual assistance between the USSR and China for a period of 30 years was signed in Moscow. Having shown unprecedented loyalty to the…

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Portrait of Yakov Turgenev

The artist is unknown Turgenev Yakov Fedorovich (16? – 1695). The tenant of the Ritarean system was in the service from 1671; Member of the “all-otorous crazy cathedral of the most all-food prince-papa”. Wore the title of “old warrior and Kyiv colonel”. Commanded a company in Kozhukhov’s campaign (1694). In January 1695, the Shutovskaya wedding…

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Partisan’s mother

The artist is Gerasimov Creating this picture, the artist had in mind not a specific woman, but all those Russian women who replaced husbands and sons in the village of the war who went to the front in the village. In wartime conditions, they survived thanks to mental strength, will and courage. For the happiness…

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Return to the ashes. 40s

The artist is Ossovsky In the film “Return to the ashes. 40s »Peter Ossovsky writes a cold desert of the burned skeletons of houses in the snow. A large female figure, wandering barefoot on the road, is approaching a black silhouette on the bloody glow of sunset. Her shawl hangs like a broken wing –…

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In the beginning of May

The artist is Sidorov Valentin Sidorov is an artist of a pronounced national character. His work is addressed to Russia and is connected with all its deep threads with it, it develops the framework of only a village theme, rising to a great universal sound. Exhibition catalog in Malaga “Seasons. Works from the collection of…

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