Boris Sveshnikov
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Boris Sveshnikov is a Russia
n, Soviet
non-conformist painter. At the age of 19 in the year 1946, he was studying at the Moscow Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts. However, he was falsely accused of engaging in terrorist activity and was interned in a Gulag
labor camp by the Soviet government. He spent eight years imprisoned, first at a camp called Vetlosian where he felled trees and dug trenches with other laborers. Later a friend of his got him a safer and less strenuous position as a night watchman in a carpentry
workshop, and he produced a number of drawings on pen and paper at this time.
n labor camp. Despite the injustices done to him by the government, his work is apolitical. Sveshnikov once said “what I painted at home I did for myself… All of my works are dedicated to the grave.”
Russia
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n, Soviet
Soviet Union
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non-conformist painter. At the age of 19 in the year 1946, he was studying at the Moscow Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts. However, he was falsely accused of engaging in terrorist activity and was interned in a Gulag
Gulag
The Gulag was the government agency that administered the main Soviet forced labor camp systems. While the camps housed a wide range of convicts, from petty criminals to political prisoners, large numbers were convicted by simplified procedures, such as NKVD troikas and other instruments of...
labor camp by the Soviet government. He spent eight years imprisoned, first at a camp called Vetlosian where he felled trees and dug trenches with other laborers. Later a friend of his got him a safer and less strenuous position as a night watchman in a carpentry
Carpentry
A carpenter is a skilled craftsperson who works with timber to construct, install and maintain buildings, furniture, and other objects. The work, known as carpentry, may involve manual labor and work outdoors....
workshop, and he produced a number of drawings on pen and paper at this time.
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
n labor camp. Despite the injustices done to him by the government, his work is apolitical. Sveshnikov once said “what I painted at home I did for myself… All of my works are dedicated to the grave.”