Soviet art
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Soviet art is the visual art style produced after the Russian Revolution of 1917 and during the existence of the Soviet Union, until its collapse in 1991. The Russian Revolution led to an artistic and cultural shift within Russia and the Soviet Union as a whole, including a new focus on socialist realism in officially approved art.
Boris Kustodiev: Celebration Marking the Opening of the 2nd Congress of the Comintern on Uritsky Square in Petrograd on 19 June 1920. 1921. Russian Museum
Kazimir Malevich: Mower. 1930.
Isaak Brodsky. A Portrait of Maxim Gorki. 1937. Tretyakov Gallery
S. Osipov, Cornflowers, 1976
Soviet-era statues
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Soviet-era statues are statuary art that figured prominently in the art of the Soviet Union. Typically made in the style of Socialist Realism, they frequently depicted significant state and party leaders, such as Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Lenin.
Rear-front Memorial in Magnitogorsk, Russia.
A monument to fallen Soviet soldiers in Ivanovka, Ukraine.
Warrior Liberator statue at the Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park, Berlin.