Socialist realism - this is our antiques

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May 19 [1957] writers and painters and artists were invited to a government dacha. Apparently, a way to smooth out a bad impression from the meeting on 13 May. According to Kaganovich, "people were walking to dinner on a large park, boating on the pond and talked. Groups and pairs improvising initiative, and some members of the Central Committee and the guests sang. There was a really good relaxed atmosphere. For a while this mood continued once sat down and began to snack. Then came the main part of the show: He spoke - Khrushchev ... First of all, Khrushchev tried to "chew" for artists, writers and artists a lot of what he was talking about the cult of personality of Stalin at the XX Congress of the Party, the only difference was that he read, and here the "language" orally - impromptu ... And the usual podium when he spoke without a pre-written speech, his speech was not always at odds with the logic, and of course with turns of speech, but there is not a common platform, and tables decorated with architectural "orders "in glass products and other industries, for" diction "filled with exciting content." According Tendryakova "tightly sprung Khrushchev saddled topic ideology in literature -" varnishes not that bad guys ... We will not make a fuss with those who do harm to us on the sly. " Khrushchev suddenly struck Marguerite Aliger, editor of the "Literary Moscow." He shouted at her: "You - ideological saboteurs! Belching capitalist West!" "Nikita Sergeyevich, what do you say? - Fought stunned Aliger. - I'm a Communist Party member." "Lying, do not believe in such a communist!'s Maverick Sobolev believe it!" "True, Nikita Sergeyevich - chimed Sobolev. - Right! Do not believe them!"

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On Sovkome on already become famous auction "Triumph of Socialist Realism" October 25, 2008 exposed the author's version of this painting - " meeting Khrushchev and E. Furtseva with cultural workers " in 1962 on hardboard 69h126 with an estimate of 2,500. 000 - 4,000,000 rubles.