Chest of books. A gift from the American children to the children of Stalingrad
USA ,
МЗСБ КП 3347/20
32 х 46 х 30,5 cm
wood, metal, sawing, grinding, assembly, painting
A wooden box with a flap lid and a metal hinge for a padlock. Side walls of the chest are decorated with children’s oil paintings of the New York City views and ships. The chest was made for transportation and storage of the children’s books selected by American boys and girls for young Stalingraders.
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Decorative plate
China ,
19.06.1953
Decorative plate
A gift from the delegation of the Sino-Soviet Friendship Society that visited Stalingrad on 19.06.1953. The dessert plate is made with the use of cloisonné technique and is decorated with geometric patterns both in its centre and on its rim. On the base of the plate there are images of semiabstract birds and geometric elements.
Non-fluffing carpet (tapestry) with the coat of arms of Czechoslovakia on a linden tree
Czechoslovakia ,
Non-fluffing carpet (tapestry) with the coat of arms of Czechoslovakia on a linden tree
Non-fluffing carpet (tapestry) with the coat of arms of Czechoslovakia on a linden tree. Handwork of folk artist Kristina.
A gift from the delegation of the city of Ostrava to the working people of Volgograd on the 20th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi troops on the Volga, 1963.
North Moravian region, Valašské Meziříčí
The portrait of I.V. Stalin in his marshal uniform
France ,
November – December 1950
The portrait of I.V. Stalin in his marshal uniform
A gift from the France-USSR Association of the Vienne Department presented to the Soviet Delegation during the month of Franco-Soviet Friendship, organised by the France-USSR Association in November – December of 1950. France, Vienne Department, the city of Châtellerault