Plastov A. A. Vladimir Lenin in Razliv

Plastov A. A.

1893, Priskmikha (Simbirsk Gubernia) - 1972, Prislonikha (Ulyanovsk Gubernia)

Vladimir Lenin in Razliv

1948

oil on canvas. 132 x 189,5
Ж-5608
Received in 1949 via the Committee for Art, Council of Ministers of the RSFSR

Period Early 20th century
CategoryHistory Painting
Keywords Revolution 1917 | 1918-1941 (soviet period) | socialist realism | Soviet Art | male portrait | Lenin | Soviet Leaders
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In July 1917, when the Provisional Government outlawed the Bolsheviks and declared Lenin a German spy, he was forced to go to ground in the guise of a Finnish haymaker living in a hut made of tree branches on the banks of Lake Razliv in Sestroretsk.