“Swell the Harvest” and the First Five Year Plan

When Joseph Stalin consolidated his power in the new Soviet government, he was faced with the monumental challenge of transforming his country into an advanced and industrialized world power. To complete this mission, he initiated the First Five Year Plan, which was completed between 1928 and 1932. The goals of this plan were to develop […]

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Ilya Golosov

A member of the Russian Avant-Garde, Ilya Golosov was one of many who embraced a modernist stance on literature, art, and architecture. An architect himself, Golosov embraced the progressive ideals of his other Avant-Garde associates and like other members of the Avant-Garde and the Peredvizhniki, studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpure, and Architecture. He […]

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Ilya Golosov, the Avant-Garde, and the rise of the Soviet Union

A member of the Russian Avant-Garde, Ilya Golosov was one of many who embraced a modernist stance on literature, art, and architecture. An architect himself, Golosov embraced the progressive ideals of his other Avant-Garde associates and like other members of the Avant-Garde and the Peredvizhniki, studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpure, and Architecture. He […]

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The Works of Illarion Pryanishnikov

Illarion Pryanishnikov, a Russian painter from Timashovo, was a member of the Peredvizhniki (The Wanderers) artist group and eventually trained and mentored other members of the Wanderers such as Mikhail Nesterov and Konstantin Korovin. As a member of the Wanderers, Pryanishnikov eventually became disenchanted with the Imperial Regime in Russia and took his art around the country with […]

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The Works of Illarion Pryanishnikov

Illarion Pryanishnikov, a Russian painter from Timashovo, was a member of the Peredvizhniki (The Wanderers) artist group and eventually trained and mentored other members of the Wanderers such as Mikhail Nesterov and Konstantin Korovin. As a member of the Wanderers, Pryanishnikov eventually became disenchanted with the Imperial Regime in Russia and took his art around the country with […]

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