Anatoly Vladimirovich Treskin (

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: Анатолий Владимирович Трескин) (1905–1986) was a

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art restorer and artist.

Early life

Treskin was born in

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in 1905. He received a diploma as an artist-technician from VKHUTEMAS in 1928.

Career

In his early career, he engaged in the restoration of the decor of the Shuvalov Palace, the Yusupov Palace and the

Stroganov Palace The Stroganov Palace (Russian: Строгановский дворец) is a Late Baroque palace at the intersection of the Moika River and Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg, Russia. The palace was built to Bartolomeo Rastrelli's designs for B ...

, as well as the muralist painted cultural centers, health centers and workers' clubs. Treskin joined the

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in 1942, working on the

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and then in the

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. He served as chief artist of the Political Administration of the

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, painting portraits of heroic sailors and pilots. After the war, Treskin participated in the restoration of the

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, the Maly Opera House, the

Hermitage Museum The State Hermitage Museum ( rus, Государственный Эрмитаж, r=Gosudarstvennyj Ermitaž, p=ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)ɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ, links=no) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and holds the large ...

and

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. He restored the halls of the Oranienbaum, as well as working in

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and

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. From the 1950s to the 1970s, he led the work on the restoration of paintings in

Pavlovsk Palace Pavlovsk Palace () is an 18th-century Russian Imperial residence built by the order of Catherine the Great for her son Grand Duke Paul, in Pavlovsk, within Saint Petersburg. After his death, it became the home of his widow, Maria Fe ...

. His works are currently held in both the museums of

and private collections. In 2005, the Russian Museum and Pavlovsk Palace co-organized an exhibition commemorating his 100 years prior. He died in 1986 in

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Awards

* Gold Medal of the

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'' (Decree No. / Order 133, 11.6.1944, the database record number 1424680352) '' * Order of the Patriotic War II degree '' (№ premium paper 176 from 06.11.1985, the database record number - 1521048347) ''.Public electronic bank documents "feat of the people in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
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* RSFSR State Prize in Architecture (1972)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Treskin, Anatoly 1905 births 1986 deaths Artists from Saint Petersburg Soviet artists Vkhutemas alumni Soviet military personnel of World War II