petersburg academy of arts, semyon ilyevich mikhailovsky, hello, hello, semyon ilyevich, and we have to... talk about the wonderful artist, who turns 125 this year, alexander alexandrovich deineka. and here’s where i’d like to start: deineko was born in 1899 into the family of a railway worker in kursk, right? yes, right. it’s interesting that in the same year 1899, not so far from kursk in voronezh, andrei platonov was also born into the family of a railway worker. personal match for amazing to me. it’s also amazing that if you compare the fates of these two wonderful artists who did so much for russian soviet culture, then deineka’s fate looks quite prosperous against the background of platonov’s fate, yes, he lived for 70 years, he reached all possible heights, he had there were many exhibitions; his paintings were known to everyone during his lifetime. platonov’s fate is the complete opposite, it is the tragic fate of a man who died early, whose main works were seen many years after... after his death, who was in conflict with the authorities despite being devoted to the idea of