The Russian Academy Of Arts

The exhibition in Tsereteli Art Gallery in honor of the 65th anniversary of the Great Victory presents works by masters of Russian Fine Arts and architecture. Many of them fought at the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, were wounded, reached Berlin. The ceremony was attended by the Chairman of the Council of Federation Sergei Mironov; People’s Artist of the USSR and the Russian Federation, President of the Russian Academy of Arts Zurab Tsereteli; Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Arts Michail Kurilko-Ryumin; veteran of the Great Patriotic War, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Sergei Tkachev; veteran of the Great Patriotic War, People’s Artist of the Russian Federation Boris Nemensky; Academician of the Russian Academy of Architecture, Winner of the State Prize of the Russian Federation Victor Egerev; Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, member of the Council for Culture of the Fair Russia party Peter Stronsky; Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Grigory Ushaev and others.

Sergei Mironov said in his welcoming speech: “Today, in the Russian Academy of Arts there is a remarkable event. We are opening an exhibition in honor of the 65th Anniversary of the Great Victory. It is entitled “Canvases Instead of Weapons”. The name of the show speaks for itself. Any war is an awful disaster. Today we can see canvases painted by witnesses of those events, by people, who know what a heroic deed is. I am confident, that every viewer of these pictures will feel not only an admiration, but also a gratitude to those who forged the Victory. I want to congratulate you on the inauguration of this exhibition and the coming holiday, as well as to express the words of gratitude to Zurab Tsereteli. It is due to his efforts that this event has happened”.

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