1952 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
The year 1952 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts. Events March 2 — In Moscow on Gogol Boulevard a monument was unveiled to great Russian writer Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852). Authors of the monument sculptor N. Tomsky, architect L. Golubovsky. In Leningrad Repin Institute of Arts graduates known in the future artists Marina Kozlovskaya, Boris Korneev, Irina Baldina, Abram Grushko, Boris Lavrenko, Vladimir Chekalov, Piotr Fomin, Oleg Lomakin, Valentin Sidorov, and others. November 2 — In Nizhny Novgorod on Gorky Square a monument was unveiled to great Russian writer Maxim Gorky (1868–1936). Authors of the monument sculptor V. Mukhina, architect V. Lebedev and P. Shteller. November 5 — The Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1952 was opened in Leningrad in the State Russian Museum. The participants were Vsevolod Bazhenov, Nikolai Baskakov, Piotr Belousov, Piotr Buchkin, Nina Veselova, Rostislav Vovkushevsky, Vladimir Gorb, Vecheslav Zagonek, Ruben Zakharian, Elena Kostenko, Nikolai Kostrov, Anna Kostrova, Boris Lavrenko, Piotr Litvinsky, Oleg Lomakin, Alexander Lubimov, Alexei Mozhaev, Mikhail Natarevich, Sergei Osipov, Alexander Pushnin, Ivan Savenko, Gleb Savinov, Alexander Samokhvalov, Alexander Semionov, Elena Skuin, Ivan Sorokin, Nikolai Timkov, Leonid Tkachenko, Mikhail Tkachev, Yuri Tulin,