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Saturday, 21 November 2015

Unknown Artist. Out With the Trash! 1990s

Filed under: 20th century,agitprop,allegory,cartoon,Post-Soviet Russia,Russian — 01varvara @ 00.00
Tags: agitprop, Allegory, cartoon, political commentary, Russia, Russian, social commentary, woman

Out With the Trash!

Unknown artist

1960s

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Saturday, 7 February 2015

Kukryniksy. Free Us! 1942

Filed under: 20th century,agitprop,patriotic,poster,Russian,Second Great Patriotic War,Soviet period,USSR — 01varvara @ 00.00
Tags: agitprop, Allies of World War II, Eastern Front (World War II), Great Patriotic War, Kukryniksy, patriotic, patriotism, Posters, Red Army, Russia, Russian, social commentary, Socialist Realism, Soviet Union, USSR, VOV, World War II

Free Us!

Kukryniksy

1942

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Sunday, 2 December 2012

Ivan Tvorozhnikov. A Beggar Boy with a Basket. 1886

Filed under: 19th century,fine art,human study,portrait,Russian,Tsarist Russia — 01varvara @ 00.00
Tags: everyday life, human study, Imperial Russia, Ivan Tvorozhnikov, Painting, Peredvizhniki, Portrait, portraiture, poverty, Russia, Russian, social commentary, Wanderers

A Beggar Boy with a Basket

Ivan Tvorozhnikov

1886

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Saturday, 1 December 2012

Boris Kustodiev. A Merchant’s Wife with Purchases. 1920

Filed under: 20th century,fine art,human study,Russian,Soviet period,town scene,Tsarist Russia — 01varvara @ 00.00
Tags: Boris Kustodiev, everyday life, human study, Painting, portraiture, Russia, Russian, social commentary, Soviet Union, USSR

A Merchant’s Wife with Purchases

Boris Kustodiev

1920

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