The Second National Art Exhibition "Soviet Russia" (Moscow, 1965) (russian: Вторая Республиканская художественная выставка "Советская Россия" 1965 года) was one of the largest Soviet art exhibitions of the 1960s. The exhibition took place in Manezh Exhibition Hall.

History and organization

Organization and preparation of the Second National Art Exhibition "Soviet Russia" engaged specially formed Exhibition Committee in the amount of 69 most authoritative experts in the field of fine arts under head of Vladimir Serov. It was published Catalog of the exhibition. In total, the Exhibition displayed more than 2,000 works of art of painters, sculptors, graphics, masters of arts and crafts, artists of theater and cinema. Many of art works have been purchased for the largest Soviet Art museums, including the

Russian Museum The State Russian Museum (russian: Государственный Русский музей), formerly the Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III (russian: Русский Музей Императора Александра III), on ...

, the

Tretyakov Gallery The State Tretyakov Gallery (russian: Государственная Третьяковская Галерея, ''Gosudarstvennaya Tretyâkovskaya Galereya''; abbreviated ГТГ, ''GTG'') is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, which is considered th ...

, and others. After the Exhibition in Moscow there were organized traveling exhibitions, which have been shown in major cities of the Russian Federation.

Contributing artists

In the largest Department of Painting were exhibited art works by over 300 authors. There were

Yuri Belov Yuri Vladimirovich Belov (russian: Ю́рий Влади́мирович Бело́в; May 27, 1929 – July 23, 2017) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad). He was a member of the Sain ...

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 ...

, Dmitry Belyaev,

Olga Bogaevskaya Olga Borisovna Bogaevskaya (russian: О́льга Бори́совна Богае́вская, 25 October 1915, Petrograd, Russian Empire – 30 November 2000, Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Russian Soviet painter and graphic artist, who ...

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 ...

, Sergey Gerasimov,

Aleksei Gritsai Aleksei Mikhailovich Gritsai (russian: Алексей Михайлович Грицай; 7 March 1914 – 6 May 1998) was a Soviet and Russian artist. From 1924 to 1931 he studied in Leningrad in the studios of S.M. Zaidenberg and from 1932 to 19 ...

Aleksandr Deyneka Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deyneka (russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Дейне́ка; May 20, 1899 – June 12, 1969) was a Soviet and Russian painter, graphic artist and sculptor, regarded as one of the most important Ru ...

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 ...

Boris Ioganson Boris Vladimirovich Ioganson (russian: Борис Владимирович Иогансон, – 25 February 1973) also commonly known as B. V. Johanson, was a Russian and Soviet painter and educator. Biography Ioganson was born on in Moscow ...

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 ...

Gely Korzhev Geliy Mikhailovich Korzhev-Chuvelyov (russian: Гелий Михайлович Коржев-Чувелёв; 7 July 1925 – 27 August 2012) was a Soviet and Russian painter. Life He studied at Moscow State Art School from 1939 to 1944 under V ...

Pavel Korin Pavel Dmitriyevich Korin (russian: Павел Дмитриевич Корин; - 22 November 1967) was a Russian painter and art restorer. He is famous for his preparational work for the unimplemented painting ''Farewell to Rus''. Life and ...

Engels Kozlov Engels Vasilievich Kozlov (russian: Э́нгельс Васи́льевич Козло́в; March 24, 1926, – November 20, 2007) was a Soviet Russian painter, People's Artist of Russia, lived and worked in Leningrad – Saint Petersburg, r ...

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 ...

, Aleksandr Laktionov, Anatoli Levitin,

Oleg Lomakin Oleg Leonidovich Lomakin (russian: Оле́г Леони́дович Лома́кин; August 29, 1924, Krasny Kholm, Tver Province, USSR – March 25, 2010, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, Honored ...

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 ...

, Boris Maluev,

Evsey Moiseenko Yevsey Yevseyevich Moiseyenko (russian: Евсе́й Евсе́евич Моисе́енко; – 29 November 1988) was a Soviet Russian painter. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1970), full member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1973) ...

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 Oreshnikov Victor Mikhailovich Oreshnikov (russian: Виктор Михайлович Орешников) (January 7 ( O.S. January 20), 1904, Perm – March 15, 1987, Leningrad) was a Soviet Russian painter, People's Artist of the USSR, active member ...

Yuri Neprintsev Yuri Mikhailovich Neprintsev (russian: Ю́рий Миха́йлович Непри́нцев; August 15, 1909 – October 20, 1996) was a Soviet Union, Soviet, later Russians, Russian, painter, graphic artist, art teacher, professor of the Re ...

Yaroslav Nikolaev Yaroslav Sergeevich Nikolaev (russian: Ярослав Серге́евич Николаев; April 30, 1899, Šiauliai, Russian Empire — July 1, 1978, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet Russian painter, Honored Art worker of Russian Federation (195 ...

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, ...

, Semion Rotnitsky,

Ivan Savenko Ivan Grigorievich Savenko (russian: Ива́н Григо́рьевич Саве́нко; January 17, 1924, Varvarovka, Chernigov Province, Ukrainian SSR, USSR – 1987, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet painter, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, liv ...

Gleb Savinov Gleb Savinov (russian: Гле́б Алекса́ндрович Сави́нов; September 27, 1915, Natalievka, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire – November 5, 2000, Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet, Russian painter and art teac ...

Joseph Serebriany Jasef Alexandrovich Serebriany (russian: Иосиф Александрович Серебряный) (April 25, 1907, Horodnia, Chernigov Governorate – 1979, Leningrad) was a Soviet Russian painter and stage decorator, who lived and worked ...

, Alexander Sokolov,

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vecheslav Zagonek Vecheslav Frantsevich Zagonek (russian: Вячесла́в Фра́нцевич Заго́нек; December 19, 1919 – June 24, 1994) was a Soviet, Russian painter, People's Artist of the USSR, Member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, w ...

, and many others most prominent painters of the Russian Federation. In the Department of Sculptures were exhibited art works by over 150 authors including

Mikhail Anikushin Mikhail Konstantinovich Anikushin (russian: Михаил Константинович Аникушин; (19 September 1917, Moscow – 18 May 1997, Saint Petersburg) was a famous Soviet and Russian sculptor. Among his most famous works are a m ...

Lev Kerbel Lev Yefimovich Kerbel (russian: Лев Ефимович Кербель; – 14 August 2003) was a sculptor of Soviet realist works. Kerbel's creations included statues of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Yuri Gagarin, which were sent by Soviet Gove ...

Alexander Kibalnikov Alexander Pavlovich Kibalnikov (; 22 August 1912 – 5 September 1987) was a Soviet sculptor. Early life Alexander Kibalnikov was born in Orekhovo, a settlement in the Don Host Oblast (now Volgograd Oblast). Kibalnikov was a small child when his ...

Nikolai Tomsky Nikolai Vasilyevich Tomsky (russian: Никола́й Васи́льевич То́мский b. , Ramushevo, Novgorod Governorate d. 22 November 1984 - Moscow) was a much-decorated Soviet sculptor, designer of many well-known ceremonial monumen ...

Vasily Vatagin Vasily Alekseyevich Vatagin (20 December 1883 – 31 May 1969) was a wildlife artist who worked on a variety of media producing paintings, sculpture, reliefs and illustrations. His works have been used in books and are installed in many institu ...

, and many others most prominent sculptors of the Russian Federation. In the Department of Graphic were exhibited art works by

Alexei Pakhomov Alexei Fedorovich Pakhomov ( – 14 April 1973) was a Russian avant-garde painter. He is widely renowned as a master of lithography. Early in his career, he was a successful illustrator for children's books. His work during World War II earned ...

, Sergei Zakharov, and many others most prominent graphic artists of the Russian Federation.

Contributed artworks

For display at the Exhibition were selected art works created in 1964-1965, as well as some earlier works. Many of them were previously shown at the city and regional Art Exhibitions and were subsequently found in the collections of Soviet Art museums, as well as domestic and foreign galleries and collectors. Historical genre was presented by ''"Lenin with workers of Putilov Factory on October 28, 1917"'' by

, ''"Petersburg. 9 of May, 1864. Nikolai Chernyshevsky"'' by

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 ...

, ''"The Siege of Leningrad"'' by Boris Fedorov, ''"Adust by War Fire"'' (triptych), ''"Street Singer"'', ''"Mother"'', ''"Backtraces of War"'' by

, ''"The Road of Life"'', ''"The Year of 1941"'', ''"Ice Highway. Ladoga 23 of April 1942"'' by Boris Korneev, ''"The Leningrad in the fight"'' by

, '' "Donbass"'' by Boris Maluev, ''"Bread. The Year of 1941"'', ''"The Tram has Coming to Front"'' by

, ''"Roads of War"'' by Boris Nikolaev, ''"Before the Flight"'', ''"On the Roads"'', ''"On the Circle Line"'' by Grigory Nissky, '' "Bloody Sunday. January 9, 1905"'' by

, ''"Leningraders"'' by Ivan Penteshin, ''"Gorki. 23 of January 1924"'' by Vladimir Serov, ''"

Road of Life The Road of Life () was the set of ice road transport routes across Lake Ladoga to Leningrad during the Second World War. They were the only Soviet winter surface routes into the city while it was besieged by the German Army Group North under ...

"'' by Alexander Sokolov, ''"October"'' by

, and others. Portrait was presented by ''"Zoya"'' by Dmitry Belyaev, ''"Son"'' by

, ''"Family"'' by Dmitry Zhilinsky, ''"Discoverer of Yakutia Diamonds L. A. Popugaeva"'' by Boris Korneev, ''"Portrait of Nikolai Kalistratov, miner"'' by

, ''"Portrait of Old Bolshevik P. I. Voevodin"'' by Aleksandr Laktionov, ''"Portrait of Yuri Vasiljev"'' by Anatoli Levitin, ''"Portrait of builder Alexandra Fedotova"'' by

, ''"Zoya - a Komsomol Member of Dzerzhinsky Sovkhoz"'' by

, ''"Portrait of Lace-maker"'' Konstantin Maksimov, ''"Natasha"'', ''"Sergei Esenin with Grandfather"'' by

, ''"Verochka"'' by

Andrei Mylnikov Andrei Andreevich Mylnikov (russian: Андре́й Андре́евич Мы́льников) (22 February 1919 in Pokrovsk, Saratov Governorate – 16 May 2012 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, People's ...

, ''"Portrait of Academician Kupriyanov"'' by

, ''"Portrait of Doctor of Physics and Mathematics Professor A. E. Sazonov"'' by

, ''"Portrait of People's Artist

"'' by

Pen Varlen 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, ...

, ''"Group portrait of Izhorsky Factory's workers"'' by Ivan Penteshin, ''"Mother"'' by

Arkady Plastov Arkady Alexandrovich Plastov (russian: Аркадий Александрович Пластов; – 12 May 1972) was a Russian socialist realism, socialist realist painter. Biography Plastov was born into a family of icon painters in the vil ...

, ''"Portrait of Leonid Ovsannikov, Honored art worker of Russian Federation"'' by Semion Rotnitsky, ''"Seamen"'', ''"Mothers"'' by

, ''"Portrait of composer

Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, , group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and was regarded throug ...

"'' by

, ''"Wives and mothers of soldiers"'' by Vladimir Tokarev, ''"Portrait of v. I. Korotkova, Milling Machine Operator"'' by

Mikhail Trufanov Mikhail Pavlovich Trufanov (russian: Михаи́л Па́влович Труфа́нов; November 22, 1921 – April 24, 1988) was a Soviet Russian painter and Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. He lived and worked in Leningrad and ...

, ''"Portrait of Academician Ivan Artobolevsky"'', ''"Portrait of Academician Nikolai Ermolenko"'', ''"Portrait of

Norair Sisakian Norair Martirosovich Sisakian (Sissakian) ( hy, Նորայր Մարտիրոսի Սիսակյան; russian: Норайр Мартиросович Сисакян, 12 January 1907 – 12 March 1966) was a Soviet Armenian biochemist, academic, one o ...

"'', ''"Portrait of Antokolskaya"'' by

, and others. Genre painting was presented by ''"Komsomol building"'', ''"On Baykal Lake"'' by Dmitry Belyaev, ''"Forest weekdays"'' by

, ''"Trains Take away the Boys''", ''"Spring again''", ''"Melodies from the Past"'' by Leonid Kabachek, ''"Native Place"'' by

, ''"In the Evening"'', ''"In Saturday"'' by Jury Kugatch, ''"Night Shift"'', ''"In the Way"'' by Anatoli Levitin, ''"Tractor Drivers"'' by

, ''"Friends"'', ''"Ground"'', ''"From the Childhood"'' by

, ''"Sun over Again"'' by

, ''"Song of Old Evenk"'', ''"Path along the River"'' by Vsevolod Petrov-Maslakov, ''"Showery Rain"'', ''"New Numbers"'', ''"New Road"'', ''"Morning"'' by Yuri Pimenov, ''"On Pier"'' by Alexander Sokolov, ''"First Row of Beams"'', ''"Spring Garden"'', ''"November"'' by Valentin Sidorov, by ''"No War"'', ''"Fallen Demonstrator"'' by

, ''"To the School"'', ''"Sunrise. Night watch"'' by

, ''"At the crossing"'' by

, ''"Family"'' by Dmitry Zhilinsky, and others. Landscape and Cityscape were presented by ''"Onega Seashore"'', ''"Blue Water"'', ''"Mosha River"'', ''"Horticulturists"'' by Piotr Fomin, ''"Forest Weekdays"'' by Nikolay Galakhov, ''"Summer"'', ''"First Snow"'', ''"Riverside"'', ''"Young Aspens"'', ''"Spring Day"'' by Sergey Gerasimov, ''"On the Onega River"'' by

, ''" Stroiteley Bridge"'', ''"Narvskaya zastava"'' by

, ''"Volkhov River. Oleg`s Mound"'' by

, ''"Our Leningrad"'' by Boris Maluev, ''"Apple Trees in Winter"'' by

, ''"Fire"'', ''"Unexpected Snow"'', ''"Tverskoy boulevard"'', ''"Frunzenskaya Embankment"'' by Nikolay Romadin, ''"Light-Blue March"'', ''"The vast expanses the North"'', ''"Spring Flood"'' by

, ''"Kargopol town"'', ''"Shotov's Mountain"'' by Vladimir Stozharov, ''"Petrogradskaya Side"'', ''"Behind Narvskaya Gates"'', ''"On Teza River"'' by

, ''"Suburb"'' by

, ''"A March"'', ''"Evening"'' by

, ''"Chukotka Spring"'' by Andrew Yakovlev, ''"The Beginning of May"'', ''"Sunny Day"'', ''"Blooming of Bird-cherry Tree"'', ''"Wet Ground"'', ''"March. Weekdays"'' by

, and others. Still-life paintings were presented by ''"Still-life. Peppers"'' by Mariam Aslamazian, ''"Toys"'', ''"Spoons"'' by Irina Bogdanova, ''"Bread, salt and a cup of wine"'', ''"Moscow Muffin"'' by Vladimir Stozharov, ''"Spring Flowers"'' by Vladimir Tokarev, ''"Our Maize"'' by Dmitry Zhuravljev, ''"August"'' by Dmitry Shirjaev, and others.

Acknowledgment

Second National Art Exhibition "Soviet Russia" were widely covered in the press and literature on Soviet fine art.''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.398. ,

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