Portrait of the Hero of the Soviet Union, a fighter pilot of the senior lieutenant and.M.Shishkanya

The artist is silver Ilya Minovich Shishkan (1918-1943) – pilot, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Hero of the Soviet Union (1943). "In air battles on the Leningrad Front, a young 22-year-old fighter Ilya Shishkan acquired professional maturity and glory. During the Great Patriotic War, he made more than 400 sorties, 36 times he flew…

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Breakthrough blockade

The artist is Serov The picture captures the climax of the operation called „Iskra “when at 9 hours 30 minutes on January 18, 1943, in the area of ​​workers’ villages No. 1 and No. 5 off the southern coast of Lake Ladoga, breaking through the enemy’s defense, the I, a separate rifle battalion of the…

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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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