Akademicheskaya Dacha () is a

dacha A dacha (Belarusian, Ukrainian language, Ukrainian and rus, дача, p=ˈdatɕə, a=ru-dacha.ogg) is a seasonal or year-round second home, often located in the exurbs of former Soviet Union, post-Soviet countries, including Russia. A cottage (, ...

(summer house) known as the oldest and major creative base of the Union of Artists of the Russian Federation. It is located near the town of

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in Tver Province, in a picturesque location on the banks of

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and

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. In a broader sense, the Akademicheskaya Dacha (or "Akademichka") refers to the entire surrounding area including villages of Bolshoy Gorodok, Maliy Gorodok, Kisharino, Terpigorevo, Valentinovka and Podol, where many

Russian artists This is a list of Russian artists. In this context, the term "Russian" covers the Russian Federation, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia and Grand Duchy of Moscow, including ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities living in Rus ...

resided in the mid-second half of the 20th century.

History

The Akademicheskaya Dacha was opened on July 22, 1884, as a place of summer practice for poor students of the Imperial Academy of Arts. A plot of land with the park, house and buildings had been taken on lease by the Academy of Arts from the Ministry of Railways. It was originally named as "Vladimir and Maria shelter" in honor of Grand Duke Vladimir, president of the

Imperial Academy of Arts The Imperial Academy of Arts, informally known as the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, was an art academy in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1757 by Ivan Shuvalov, the founder of the Imperial Moscow University, under the name ''Academy of th ...

, and his wife Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna and the Empress Maria Alexandrovna. The exceptional role in Dacha's organization were the "Academic cottages" belonging to her guardian Vasily Kokorev, a major industrialist, and the owner of one of the largest collections of Russian and Western European art. Before the October Revolution of 1917, many famous Russian artists worked on the Akademicheskaya Dacha, including

Ilya Repin Ilya Yefimovich Repin ( – 29 September 1930) was a Russian painter, born in what is today Ukraine. He became one of the most renowned artists in Russian Empire, Russia in the 19th century. His major works include ''Barge Haulers on the Volga' ...

Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky Nikolay Petrovich Bogdanov-Belsky (; – 19 February 1945) was a Russian painter. Life Bogdanov was born in the village of Shitiki in Smolensk Governorate in 1868, then he added to his surname "Belsky" in accordance with the name of the Uyezd ...

Pavel Chistyakov Pavel Petrovich Chistyakov (; 5 July 1832 — 11 November 1919) was a Russian painting, Russian painter and art teacher. He is known for historical and Genre art, genre scenes as well as portraits. Biography His father was a freed serf who ha ...

Arkhip Kuindzhi Arkhip Ivanovich Kuindzhi ( ; ; – ) was a Russian landscape painter. Date of birth Kuindzhi's exact date of birth is not known. Although it was believed that he was born in 1842, the latest discoveries in archives suggest that he was born i ...

Isaac Levitan Isaac Ilyich Levitan (; – ) was a Russian landscape painter who advanced the genre of the "mood landscape". Life and work Youth Isaac Levitan was born in a ''shtetl'' of Kibarty, Augustów Governorate in Congress Poland, a part of the R ...

Andrei Ryabushkin Andrei Petrovich Ryabushkin (; – ) was a Russian Painting, painter. His major works were devoted to life of ordinary Russians of the 17th century. Biography Andrey Petrovich Ryabushkin was born in the village Stanichnaya sloboda, Borisoglebsk ...

Nicholas Roerich Nikolai Konstantinovich Rerikh (), better known as Nicholas Roerich (; October 9, 1874 – December 13, 1947), was a Russian painter, writer, archaeologist, theosophist, philosopher, and public figure. In his youth he was influenced by Russ ...

and

Valentin Serov Valentin Alexandrovich Serov (; – 5 December 1911) was a Russian painter and one of the premier portrait artists of his era. Life and work Youth and education Serov was born in Saint Petersburg, son of the Russian composer and music crit ...

. After 1917 the house was given to the children for an open summer camp. Its artistic purpose was restored only in

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. Since that time the Dacha has become one of the recognized centers of creative life in the Soviet Union and Russia. In those years here worked Russian painters

Aleksei Gritsai Aleksei Mikhailovich Gritsai (; 7 March 1914 – 6 May 1998) was a Soviet and Russian artist. From 1924 to 1931 he studied in Leningrad in the studios of S.M. Zaidenberg and from 1932 to 1939 at the Academy of Arts under P. S. Naumov, Vasily Yako ...

, Vecheslav Zagonek,

Dmitry Maevsky Dmitry Ivanovich Maevsky (; 17 May 1917, in Petrograd, Russian Empire – 23 July 1992, in Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet Russian painter, lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of the ...

Maya Kopitseva Maya Kuzminichna Kopitseva (; 18 May 1924 – 6 June 2005) was a Soviet Russian still-life painter and an Honored Artist of the RSFSR who lived and worked in Leningrad - Saint Petersburg. She was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artis ...

, Fyodor Reshetnikov,

Nikolai Pozdneev Nikolai Matveevich Pozdneev (; 28 September 1930 – 10 June 1978) was a Soviet Russian painter, living and working in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, representative of the Leningrad School of Painting, most known for h ...

Nikolai Timkov Nikolai Efimovich Timkov (; 12 August 1912 – 25 December 1993) was a Soviet Russian painter, Honored Artist of Russian Federation, and a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of ...

, and many others. It is no accident, noting the role of the Akademicheskaya Dacha in preserving and promoting the traditions of Russian realistic Art, that it is called the "Russian

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". The best art works of landscape and genre painting, exhibited in Art Shows of 1960s-1980s, were created primarily on the Dacha and its surroundings. Later in the 1970s-1980s, modern workshops and office buildings were built, providing year-round use of the Dacha for artistic purposes. In 1964, the Akademicheskaya Dacha was named after the famous Russian painter

. In 1974, near the main pavilion a monument to Ilya Repin was erected, designed by sculptor

Oleg Komov Oleg Konstantinovich Komov (; 16 July 1932 – 3 September 1994) was a prominent Soviet-Russian sculptor and graphics artist. Biography Oleg Komov was born on 16 July 1932 in Moscow. 1948–1953 studied at Moscow Art School in memory of 19 ...

and architect Nikolai Komov, in honor of the 130th anniversary of the artist's birth. In 2004, during celebration of the 120th anniversary of the Akademicheskaya Dacha, a plaque in memory of Vasily Kokorev was open at the main pavilion building.

Academics

Russian artists who worked at the Akademicheskaya Dacha and its surroundings since the end of the 19th century: *

Isaak Brodsky Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky (, ; – 14 August 1939) was a Russian painter and draughtsman of Jewish descent best known for his portrayals of Vladimir Lenin and other Soviet leaders, renowned as blueprint examples of the Socialist reali ...

* Sergey Gerasimov *

Boris Lavrenko Boris Mikhailovich Lavrenko (; 6 May 1920 – 7 June 2001) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, professor of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, wh ...

Samuil Nevelshtein Samuil Grigorievich Nevelshtein (; 22 March 1903 – 16 November 1983) was a Soviet Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and art teacher, lived and worked in Saint Petersburg, Leningrad, regarded as one of the representatives of ...

* Anatoli Vasiliev *

Boris Ugarov Boris Sergeevich Ugarov (; 6 February 1922 – 2 August 1991) was a Russian Soviet realist painter and art educator, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists regarded as o ...

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Bibliography

* ''Романычева И. Академическая дача.'' Л., Художник РСФСР, 1975. * ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School''. Saint Petersburg, NP-Print Edition, 2007. PP.22–24, 40-41, 93, 98-99, 117-118, 194, 202, 223, 248, 261, 312, 335, 364, 377, 388. * ''Романычева И. Академическая дача. История и традиции.'' СПб., Петрополь, 2009. * ''Академическая дача. Каталог выставки''. СПб., 2009.

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