1966 in fine arts of the Soviet Union

See also: 1966 in art

The year 1966 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.

Events

• Guaranteed wage for artists for the first time introduced in Leningrad. Its size was 150-200 rubles a month, roughly in line with the average wage in the industry. This innovation was seized about 500 visual artists of all disciplines.^[1]
• Exhibition of young leningrad artists opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists.^[2]
• Autumn Exhibition of leningrad artists of 1966 year opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists.

Deaths

• March 7 — Samuil Adlivankin (Russian: Адливанкин Самуил Яковлевич), Russian soviet graphic artists (born 1897).
• March 29 — Vladimir Ingal (Russian: Ингал Владимир Иосифович), soviet sculptor, Honored art worker of Russian Federation, Stalin Prize winner (born 1901).
• August 16 — Gavriil Gorelov (Russian: Горелов Гавриил Никитич), Russian soviet painter Горелов Гавриил Никитич (Никитьевич), русский советский живописец, Honored art worker of Russian Federation, Stalin Prize winner (born 1880).
• December 20 — Matvey Manizer (Russian: Манизер Матвей Генрихович), soviet sculptor, People's Artist of the USSR, Stalin Prize winner (born 1891).

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  Gavriil Gorelov
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  Matvey Manizer

See also

• List of Russian artists
• List of painters of Leningrad Union of Artists
• Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
• Russian culture