Artists' Union of the USSR

The Artists' Union of the USSR (Russian: Союз художников СССР, romanized: Soyuz khudozhnikov SSSR) was a creative union of the Soviet artists and art critics during the existence of the USSR.

The Union was founded started in 1932 to supersede the AKhRR. The integral Union was instituted in 1957.

It was officially disbanded at its 8th Congress in January 1992 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, with its rights distributed over the corresponding unions in the post-Soviet states.


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