The year 1978 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of

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n fine arts.

Events

* ''Exhibition of works by

Nikolai Ovchinnikov Nikolai Vassilievich Ovchinnikov (October 14, 1918 in village of Mizhuli, Cheboksary Uezd – February 2004), was a Russian and Chuvash painter (historical and conversation pieces, landscapes), People's Artist of Russia and Chuvashia, Pro ...

'' was opened in the

Leningrad Union of Artists Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg (russian: Санкт-Петербургский Союз художников) was established on August 2, 1932, as a creative union of the Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, it was called " Le ...

. * ''Exhibition of works by

Elena Skuin Elena Petrovna Skuin (russian: Еле́на Петро́вна Скуи́нь, lv, Jeļena Skujiņa; April 2, 1908, Ekaterinodar, Russian Empire – 1986, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet, Russian–Latvian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, a ...

'' was opened in the

* ''Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1978'' was opened in the

. The participants were

Piotr Alberti Piotr Filipovich Alberti (russian: Пéтр Фили́ппович Альбе́рти; November 25, 1913 – October 7, 1994) was a Soviet, Russian painter, lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad scho ...

Taisia Afonina Taisia Kirillovna Afonina (russian: Таи́сия Кири́лловна Афо́нина; 13 May 1913 – 19 April 1994) was a Ukrainian and Russian painter and watercolorist. She lived and worked in Leningrad, was a member of the Saint ...

Irina Baldina Irina Mikhailovna Baldina (russian: Ири́на Миха́йловна Ба́лдина; May 18, 1922, Moscow, Soviet Russia – January 15, 2009, Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet Russian painter who lived and worked in Leningrad, was a me ...

, Nikolai Baskakov,

Evgenia Baykova Evgenia Vasilievna Baykova (russian: Евге́ния Васи́льевна Байко́ва; November 22, 1907 – 1997) was a Russian Soviet realist painter and graphic artist, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (formerly Leningrad). Sh ...

Vsevolod Bazhenov Vsevolod Andreevich Bazhenov (russian: Все́волод Андре́евич Баже́нов; February 18, 1909 – August 2, 1986) was a Soviet Union, Soviet, Russians, Russian painter who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the ...

Piotr Belousov Piotr Petrovich Belousov (russian: Пётр Петро́вич Белоу́сов; May 3, 1912 – March 31, 1989) was a Ukrainian and Russian graphic artist, painter, art teacher, professor of the Ilya Repin Leningrad Institute of Painting, S ...

Veniamin Borisov Veniamin Ivanovich Borisov (russian: Вениами́н Ива́нович Бори́сов; 16 April 1935, in Susanino, Kostroma Oblast, Russian SFSR – 6 October 2014, in Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet Russian painter, a member of the Saint P ...

Zlata Bizova Zlata Nikolaevna Bizova (russian: Зла́та Никола́евна Бызо́ва; 29 March 1927, Leningrad, USSR - 8 August 2013) was a Russian Soviet realist painter and graphic artist, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (former Lening ...

Dmitry Buchkin Dmitry Petrovich Buchkin (russian: Дмитрий Петрович Бучкин; July 23, 1927) is a Soviet Russian painter, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 — the Leningrad Union of Artists), who lives and works ...

Lev Chegorovsky Lev Ilych Chegorovsky (russian: Лев Ильич Чегоровский; 20 February 1914, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire — 21 October 1991, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet Russian painter and Art teacher, a member of the Leningrad Union of A ...

Evgeny Chuprun Evgeny Romanovich Chuprun (russian: Евге́ний Рома́нович Чупру́н; June 3, 1927 – January 7, 2005) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad branch of Unio ...

, Sergei Frolov,

Nikolai Galakhov Nikolai Nikolaevich Galakhov (russian: link=, Никола́й Никола́евич Гала́хов; May 29, 1928 in Kazan, USSR) is a Russian artist. He is an ''Honored Artist of the Russian Federation'', a member of the ''Saint Petersburg ...

Vladimir Gorb Vladimir Alexandrovich Gorb (russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Го́рб; December 31, 1903 – October 20, 1988) was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist, and art teacher. He lived and worked in Leningrad as prof ...

Irina Dobrekova Irina Mikhailovna Dobrekova (russian: Ири́на Миха́йловна Добряко́ва; born 16 February 1931, Leningrad, USSR) is a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist, living and working in Saint Petersburg, a member of the Saint P ...

, German Egoshin,

Alexei Eriomin Alexei Grigorievich Eriomin (russian: Алексе́й Григо́рьевич Ерё́мин; March 17, 1919 – June 11, 1998) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, who lived and worked in Saint P ...

Mikhail Kaneev Mikhail Alexandrovich Kaneev (russian: Кане́ев Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович; April 5, 1923 in Kostroma Province, USSR – March 6, 1983 in Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet Russian painter and art teacher, lived and worked in L ...

Yuri Khukhrov Yuri Dmitrievich Khukhrov (russian: Ю́рий Дми́триевич Хухро́в; May 14, 1932, Leningrad, USSR – November 22, 2003, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, graphic artist, and art te ...

Maya Kopitseva Maya Kuzminichna Kopitseva (russian: Ма́йя Кузьми́нична Копы́тцева; May 18, 1924, in Gagry, Abkhazia, USSR – June 6, 2005, in Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet Russian still-life painter and an Honored Artist of the RSFS ...

Elena Kostenko Elena Mikhailovna Kostenko (russian: Еле́на Миха́йловна Косте́нко; 9 August 1926 – 26 September 2019) was a Soviet Russian painter, living and working in Saint Petersburg, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Arti ...

Nikolai Kostrov Nikolai Ivanovich Kostrov (russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Костро́в; May 19, 1901 – April 11, 1995) was a Russian Soviet painter, graphic artist, and illustrator, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of t ...

Anna Kostrova Anna Alexandrovna Kostrova (russian: А́нна Алекса́ндровна Костро́ва; November 22, 1909 – July 7, 1994) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, graphic artist, and book illustrator, who lived and worked in Leningrad ...

Gevork Kotiantz Gevork Vartanovich Kotiantz ( hy, Գևորգ Վարդանի Կոթյանց; russian: Гево́рк Варта́нович Котья́нц; 12 November 1909 in Shusha, Shusha uezd, Elizavetpol Governorate, Russian Empire – 28 August 1996 in S ...

Mikhail Kozell Mikhail Georgievich Kozell (russian: Михаи́л Гео́ргиевич Ко́зелл; October 20, 1911 – July 26, 1993) was a Soviet Russian painter and Art teacher, who lived and worked in Leningrad (now Saint-Petersburg), and who ...

Marina Kozlovskaya Marina Andreevna Kozlovskaya (russian: Мари́на Андре́евна Козло́вская; 7 April 1925 – 2019) was a Soviet and Russian painter who lived and worked in Leningrad – Saint Petersburg, regarded as one of the leading rep ...

Vladimir Krantz Vladimir Pavlovich Krantz (russian: Влади́мир Па́влович Кра́нц; February 17, 1913 in Mozdok, North Caucasus, Russian Empire – July 20, 2003 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet Russian painter, lived and worked in ...

, Anatoli Levitin,

Dmitry Maevsky Dmitry Ivanovich Maevsky (russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Мае́вский; 17 May 1917, Petrograd, Russian Empire – 23 July 1992, Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet Russian painter, lived and worked in Leningrad, a member o ...

Gavriil Malish Gavriil Kondratievich Malish (russian: Гаврии́л Кондра́тьевич Ма́лыш; March 25, 1907, in Kitaygorodka, Ekaterinoslav Province, Ukraine, Russian Empire – October 25, 1998, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) ...

, Boris Maluev,

Eugene Maltsev Eugene Demjanovich Maltsev (russian: Евгений Демьянович Мальцев; August 9, 1929 — December 24, 2003) was a Soviet Russian painter, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Art ...

Yuri Mezhirov Yuri Alexandrovich Mezhirov (russian: Юрий Александрович Межиров; February 7, 1933 in Leningrad, USSR – June 13, 2012 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist and art teacher, People arti ...

Nikolai Mukho Nikolai Antonovich Mukho (russian: Никола́й Анто́нович Мухо́; December 6, 1913, Kronstadt, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire – August 6, 1986, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet, Russian painter who lived and w ...

Vera Nazina Vera Ivanovna Nazina (russian: Ве́ра Ива́новна На́зина; born 26 April 1931 in Leningrad, USSR) - Soviet Russian painter, Graphic artist, living and working in Saint Petersburg, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Art ...

, Alexander Naumov,

Dmitry Oboznenko Dmitry Georgievich Oboznenko (russian: Дми́трий Гео́ргиевич Обозне́нко; July 10, 1930, Leningrad, USSR – June 19, 2002, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist, Honored Ar ...

Victor Otiev Victor Alexandrovich Otiev (russian: Ви́ктор Алекса́ндрович О́тиев; February 24, 1935, in Vladikavkaz, Northern Osetia, USSR – June 7, 1999, in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Soviet, Russian painter, gr ...

, Yuri Pavlov,

Varlen Pen Pen Varlen (russian: Пен Варлен; ; September 29, 1916, Russian Empire; May 26, 1990, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet Russian — Korean painter and graphic artist, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, lived and worked in Leningrad, ...

Evgeny Pozdniakov Evgeny Mikhailovich Pozdniakov (russian: Евге́ний Миха́йлович Поздняко́в; July 9, 1923, Petrograd, USSR – 1991, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet, Russian painter, lived and worked in Leningrad, member of the Len ...

Valentina Rakhina Valentina Ivanovna Rakhina (russian: Валентина Ивановна Рахина; June 9, 1932, Leningrad, USSR - 2013, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist and art teacher, a member of the Saint ...

, Semion Rotnitsky,

Alexander Semionov Alexander Mikhailovich Semionov (russian: Александр Михайлович Семёнов; 18 February 1922 – 23 June 1984) is a Soviet Russian painter, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists and representative of the Leningrad Scho ...

Yuri Shablikin Yuri Mikhailovich Shablikin (russian: Ю́рий Миха́йлович Шаблы́кин; October 31, 1932, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet, Russian realist painter, graphic artist, restorer, art teacher, who live and work in Saint Petersburg, ...

Boris Shamanov Boris Ivanovich Shamanov (russian: Бори́с Ива́нович Шама́нов; September 15, 1931 – March 1, 2008) was a Soviet Russian realist painter, graphic artist, and art teacher, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, who ...

Alexander Stolbov Alexander Sergeevich Stolbov (russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Столбо́в; born 5 June 1929) is a Soviet Russian painter and art teacher, living and working in Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad). He is a member of the Sa ...

Alexander Tatarenko Alexander Alexandrovich Tatarenko (russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Тата́ренко; October 5, 1925 – December 1, 1999) was a Russian painter, restorer, art teacher, and member of the Saint Petersburg ...

German Tatarinov German Alexeevich Tatarinov (russian: Ге́рман Алексе́евич Тата́ринов; September 26, 1925 – August 3, 2006) – Soviet, Russian painter, Honored Artist of Russian Federation, lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded ...

Nikolai Timkov Nikolai Efimovich Timkov (russian: Тимко́в Никола́й Ефи́мович; August 12, 1912 – December 25, 1993) was a Soviet Russian painter, Honored Artist of Russian Federation, and a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artis ...

, Leonid Tkachenko,

Yuri Tulin Yuri Nilovich Tulin (russian: Ю́рий Ни́лович Ту́лин; August 14, 1921 in Maksatikha village, Tver Province, Soviet Russia – April 27, 1988 in Leningrad, USSR) -was a Soviet Russian painter and Honored Artist of the Russian F ...

Vitaly Tulenev Vitaly Ivanovich Tulenev (russian: Вита́лий Ива́нович Тюле́нев; February 28, 1937 in Leningrad, USSR – August 25, 1997 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, art te ...

Boris Ugarov Boris Sergeevich Ugarov (russian: Бори́с Серге́евич Уга́ров; 6 February 1922 – 2 August 1991) was a Russian Soviet realist painter and art educator, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was ...

Ivan Varichev Ivan Mikhailovich Varichev (russian: Ива́н Миха́йлович Ва́ричев; January 15, 1924 – June 7, 2016) Russian Soviet realist painter, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, who live and work in Saint Petersburg (former L ...

Anatoli Vasiliev Anatoli Ilych Vasiliev (russian: Анато́лий Ильи́ч Васи́льев; 18 March 1917 – 4 June 1994) was a Russian and Soviet realist painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Art ...

, German Yegoshin,

Ruben Zakharian Ruben Agasievich Zakharian (russian: Рубе́н Ага́сиевич Захарья́н, 14 July 1901 – 25 May 1992) was a Russian painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, and regarded a ...

Elena Zhukova Yelena Pavlovna Zhukova (russian: Елена Павловна Жукова; 5 June 1906 – 31 October 1991) was a Soviet and Russian painter, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, who lived and worked in Leningrad. She was regarded as one ...

, and other Leningrad artists.''Осенняя выставка произведений ленинградских художников. Каталог.'' Л., Художник РСФСР, 1978.

Deaths

* March 3 —

Vasily Yefanov Vasily Prokofyevich Yefanov () (, Samara – March 3, 1978, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian painter and pedagogue Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this proc ...

(russian: Ефанов Василий Прокофьевич), Russian soviet painter,

People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significan ...

Stalin Prize Stalin Prize may refer to: * The State Stalin Prize in science and engineering and in arts, awarded 1941 to 1954, later known as the USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, ...

winner (born

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

). * June 10 —

Nikolai Pozdneev Nikolai Matveevich Pozdneev (russian: Никола́й Матве́евич Поздне́ев; 28 September 1930 – 10 June 1978) was a Soviet Russian painter, living and working in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, repr ...

(russian: Позднеев Николай Матвеевич), Russian soviet painter (born

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...

). * June 22 — Vladimir Ovchinnikov, (russian: Овчинников Владимир Иванович), Russian soviet painter (born

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

). * Jule 13 — Andrei Khaustov, (russian: Хаустов Андрей Иванович), Russian soviet sculptor (born

). * Jule 18 — Evgeny Kybrik (russian: Кибрик Евгений Адольфович), Russian soviet graphic artist,

winner (born

1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, ...

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