Exhibition "We Live and Remember" for Victory Day Automatic translate

May 7 at 16.00 in the main building of the Irkutsk Art Museum (Lenin St., 5) opens the exhibition “We Live and Remember”, dedicated to the 74th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. As part of the opening, a concert will be held by the pupils of the Oktyabrsky House of Children’s Creativity, a presentation and a meeting with the authors of the documentary film Irkutsk-Smolensk. The threads of memory. "

In the terrible days of 1941-1945, ordinary citizens, working people of the Soviet Union, at the cost of their lives defended the city from the Nazi aggressor. The fiction chronicle of the war years preserves images of true patriotism, allowing the modern viewer to see the courage of the inhabitants of the hero cities - Stalingrad, Leningrad, Moscow….

The exhibition presents the monumental canvases of Soviet painters - Evgeny Gribov, Mark Malyutin, Konstantin Yuon, telling about the terrible days when the guns rattled and the soldiers left for their last battle. Numerous graphic sheets are also expressive, on which the resilience of people who are not broken by oppression fell to their lot of misfortunes. These people are heroes, fighters and toilers who met the glorious Victory Day.

The exhibition will open on May 7 at 16.00 in the main building of the Irkutsk Art Museum (Lenin St., 5) until June 2. Entrance to the opening is free. Phone for inquiries: 34-01-46.