USSR Union Of Artists
Union of Artists of the USSR (Russian: Союз художников СССР) was a creative union of the Soviet artists and arts critics embracing the Republics of the Soviet Union.
The Union started in 1932 to supersede the AKhRR. The integral Union was instituted in 1957. At January 1, 1976 the Union included 14,538 members.
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