History of Saint-Petersburg: The exhibition of paintings of the Great Patriotic War and the siege of Leningrad to be open in the Peter and Paul Fortress

September 29, 2105 the Peter and Paul Fortress will host the exhibition “Boys paint the war…”.

The State Museum of the History of Saint-Petersburg stores about 700 paintings of children of preschool and primary school age, implemented during the Great Patriotic War and the siege of Leningrad. Most of them came to the museum in 1961 from the Methodist of the Kuibyshev RONO Elizabeth Leonidovna Schukina, who during the siege collected children’s drawings, organized traveling exhibitions, inspired educators for the registration in albums and preservation of children’s creativity for future generation.  

The exhibition will feature about 300 paintings. They depict battle in the war, the release of captured cities, the breakout of the siege of Leningrad, the first salute in honor of the breakout of the siege and etc. Some drawings are accompanied with children’s recorded stories of what is depicted on the drawing.

Children's drawings of the Great Patriotic War and the siege of Leningrad - is an impartial, imaginative children's story - such as heroic defenders of the city, many of which were also the victims of the siege.