Union of Artists of the Republic of Buryatia

Already the first exhibitions organized by the Buryat Scientific Committee ( Buruchkom , 1922) aroused direct interest among specialists and a wide audience. This is evidenced by press responses ( Verkhneudinsk , Novosibirsk , Moscow ) ^[2] .

After the decree of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks of April 23, 1932, "On the restructuring of literary and artistic organizations," the Union of Artists of the USSR was created. July 21, 1933 the Union of Artists of the USSR established the Buryat-Mongolian branch of the Union of Artists ^[3] . The National Archives of the Republic of Buryatia calls August 1933 the time of the creation of the Union of Artists ^[4] . Its first chairman was G. E. Pavlov , Executive Secretary R. S. Merdygeev . The first members of the Union of Artists were Ts. S. Sampilov , F. I. Baldaev , M. E. Shestakova , E. I. Nevolin-Okladnikova , A. A. Okladnikov and others ^[5] . In 1957, the Union began to be called "Buryat Organization of the Union of Artists of the RSFSR." In 2002, at the XIII Congress "S. Kh. Republic of Buryatia ”a new name was approved - the Buryat Republican Organization VTOO“ Union of Artists of Russia ” ^[1] .

1940 - I Decade of the Buryat-Mongolian art in Moscow ; 1942 - Exhibition on the 25th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution; 1944 - Interregional exhibition of artists of Siberia and the Far East, Irkutsk; 1953 - Exhibition on the 20th anniversary of the Union of Artists of the Buryat-Mongolian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; 1959 - II Decade of the Buryat art and literature in Moscow ; 1963 - Exhibition on the 30th anniversary of the Union of Artists of the Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic; 1964 - I zonal exhibition in Khabarovsk ; 1967 - II zonal exhibition in Vladivostok ; 1969 - III zonal exhibition in Ulan-Ude ; 1971 - Exhibition of artists of the autonomous republics of the RSFSR in Moscow ; 1973 - “Artists of Buryatia”, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Union of Artists in Sverdlovsk ; 1974 - IV zonal exhibition in Vladivostok ; 1980 - V zonal exhibition in Chita ; 1981 - “The Art of Buryatia” in Yerevan , Baku , Alma-Ata , Leningrad and Moscow ; 1982 - "The Art of Buryatia" at UNESCO headquarters in Paris (France), - "The Art of Buryatia" in Chita ; 1983 - “50 years of the Union of Artists of the Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic” in Moscow , “The Art of Soviet Buryatia” in Ulan Bator (Mongolia); 1984 - Fine Art of Buryatia "in Delhi ( India ); 1985 - VI regional exhibition in Vladivostok ; 1987 - Retrospective exhibition of Buryat artists in Novosibirsk ; 1989 - II exhibition of artists of the autonomous republics in Moscow ; 1990 - VII regional exhibition in Yakutsk ; 1994 -" Buryat artists "in Kiev (Ukraine); 1996 -" Buryat artists "in Moscow ; 1997 - VIII regional exhibition in Khabarovsk , -" Exhibition of Buryat artists "in Irkutsk ; 2001 -" Artists of Buryatia "in Ulan Bator (Mongolia); 2003 - IX zonal exhibition in Khabarovsk - 70 years of the Union of thin zhnikov; 2006 - "Painters of Buryatia" in Moscow ; 2008 - the X Regional Exhibition in Novosibirsk ; 2011 - "Art, sanctified Baikal" - joint exhibition with artists of Irkutsk and Chita , 2011 - "Art of Buryatia" New Manege. Moscow ^{[2 ]} .

In 1983, the Union of Artists of the Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Chairman Dugarov D.N. D.) was awarded an honorary diploma of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the RSFSR for its merits in the field of Soviet fine art (Decree of 06.24.1983) ^[1] .

In 2014, the Union will unite the 81st professional artist who work in the technique of easel and monumental decorative painting, sculpture, book and easel graphics, applied art (tapestry, batik, ceramics). Among them are folk artists of Russia Solbon Radnaevich Rinchinov and Svetlana Petrovna Rinchinova , Honored Artists of the Russian Federation Innokenty Grigorievich Nalabardin, Lev Aleksandrovich Labok, Chingiz Badmaevich Shonkhorov, Yuri Endonovich Mandaganov, Leonid Dorzhievich Semenov, Balzhinima Dorzhurzh ⁵ , Balzhinima Dorzh.

The Union of Artists of Buryatia is constantly involved in all-Russian and republican art activities. Once in 4–5 years, regional exhibitions are held throughout Russia. So in October 2003, the Union of Artists of Buryatia took part in the regional exhibition “Far East” in Khabarovsk , 2003. In June 2003, an exhibition of Buryat artists was opened in the Sorbonne Gallery ( Paris , France ), dedicated to the centenary of the artist Ts. Sampilova. In February 2004, the 10th All-Russian Art Exhibition was held. From the Union of Artists of Buryatia, 20 artists participated. Among them are the famous masters of Buryatia : Kazan A, V., Shenkhorov Ch. B., Zhambalov B. G., Dorzhiev BN and others ^[1] .