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How artists portrayed the USSR's victory in World War II (PICS)

History
Boris Egorov
Mikhail Khmelko. The Triumph of the Victorious Motherland (1949)

Mikhail Khmelko. The Triumph of the Victorious Motherland (1949)

State Tretyakov Gallery
It was important for artists to show not only the triumph of the Red Army in the defeated capital of the Third Reich, but also the touching moment when soldiers returned home and the country returned to peaceful life.

Kukryniksy: Mikhail Kupriyanov, Porfiry Krylov, Nikolai Sokolov. The End. The Last Days of Hitler's Stake in the Underground of the Reich Chancellery (1947-1948)

Kukryniksy: Mikhail Kupriyanov, Porfiry Krylov, Nikolai Sokolov. The End. The Last Days of Hitler's Stake in the Underground of the Reich Chancellery (1947-1948)

State Tretyakov Gallery
Vladimir Bogatkin. The Last Throw. Storming the Reichstag (1945)

Vladimir Bogatkin. The Last Throw. Storming the Reichstag (1945)

Oryol Museum of Fine Arts
Pyotr Krivonogov. Capitulation of Nazi troops in Berlin (1946)

Pyotr Krivonogov. Capitulation of Nazi troops in Berlin (1946)

Central Armed Forces Museum
Pyotr Krivonogov. Victory (1948)

Pyotr Krivonogov. Victory (1948)

Vladimir Vdovin/Sputnik
Yuri Bondarenko. Victory (1985)

Yuri Bondarenko. Victory (1985)

State Museum of the Defence of Moscow
Boris Okorokov. The First Day of Peace (1975)

Boris Okorokov. The First Day of Peace (1975)

Donetsk Republican Art Museum
Vladimir Shtranich. Victory Holiday on May 9, 1945 (1946)

Vladimir Shtranich. Victory Holiday on May 9, 1945 (1946)

Museum of Contemporary History of Russia
Mikhail Khmelko. The Triumph of the Victorious Motherland (1949)

Mikhail Khmelko. The Triumph of the Victorious Motherland (1949)

State Tretyakov Gallery
Konstantin Antonov. Winners (1985)

Konstantin Antonov. Winners (1985)

Victory Museum
Vladimir Kostetsky. The Return (1947)

Vladimir Kostetsky. The Return (1947)

Sputnik
Sergei Tkachev, Alexei Tkachev. May of 1945 (1981)

Sergei Tkachev, Alexei Tkachev. May of 1945 (1981)

Museum of the Tkachev Brothers

Pyotr Zhigimont. Soldier's Song (1954)

Pyotr Zhigimont. Soldier's Song (1954)

Museum of Military Uniforms
Andrei Gorsky. Missing in Action (1962)

Andrei Gorsky. Missing in Action (1962)

Kyiv National Art Gallery Museum

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