History of Russia in photographs. 1941-1945

MAMM / MDF continues the program “History of Russia in Photography. Photo Chronicle of Russia ”, started by the museum in 1997 and presents the exhibition“ History of Russia in Photographs. 1941-1945 ". The exhibition is dedicated to the presentation of the third volume of the publication “Russia. XX century in photographs. 1941-1964 ”and is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War.

(In the preparation of the book, state support funds allocated as a grant in accordance with the order of the President of the Russian Federation dated March 29, 2013 No. 115-RP and on the basis of a competition held by the Knowledge society were used.

The exhibition tells about one of the most tragic periods in the history of our country: the first days of the Great Patriotic War, the confusion and terrible losses of the army and population, and, finally, the rallying of the nation, which allowed us to win one of the most bloody wars in the history of mankind.

The exhibition will feature works by the classics of Russian photography - Dmitry Baltermants, Emanuel Evzerikhin, Georgy Zelma, Vladislav Mikosha, Georgy Petrusov, Vsevolod Tarasevich, Alexander Ustinov, Jacob Khalip, Ivan Shagin, Arkady Shaikhet, Sergey Shimansky, etc. Soviet photojournalists, whose work is not so well known to the general public - Mark Markov-Grinberg, Anatoly Morozov, Sergey Blokhin, Mark Redkin, Mikhail Savin, Victor Temin, and others.

Emanuel Evzerikhin. Fountain Children’s round dance. Station Square. Stalingrad. August 23, 1942. From the collection of MAMM.MDF

The exposition includes photographs from the MAMM / MDF funds, the PhotoSoyuz Agency and private collections.

The Great Patriotic War was the most terrible catastrophe of the 20th century that Russia had to endure. However, she revealed those heroic properties of a Russian character that allowed the people to win this war, and for Russian photographers - to enter the brightest page in the photo chronicle of the 20th century.

Among the thousands and thousands of photojournalists from 72 countries involved in World War II, working on different fronts, it was the Russian photographers who left the most piercing evidence of this terrible time, showing miracles of heroism in conditions where the very aiming of the lens to sharpness seemed neither physically nor morally impossible.

The exhibition, which opens on November 8, 2016 (runs through December 11), features about 100 photographs. The last exhibition of this project is “History of Russia in photographs. 1946 - 1964 "Will be presented in Kazan, in the Gallery of Modern Art of the Pushkin Museum of the RT from 12/15 to 01/31/2017.