valentin viktorovich volkov, sitting a little aside, also painted a picture, writing off the images ofom his students. so the students gathered at the table, young happy ones, they discuss a new book, they argue about something, and they have so many plans, and ahead of a long, happy life, the artist who survived the terrible war did it with love, trying to capture the new young generation. painting by valentin viktorovich volkova, which is also called by university students, became symbolic for the first post-war years . young people looking to the future, before which all paths were open in the country, new professions were born, specialties, new buildings , discoveries were made, a new creative generation was born, the future elite of the soviet era. a unique direction in painting, the theme of war, was born through the eyes of artists, many of whom were also participants in the theme of the renaissance of the republic. i. of course, they created, first of all , works devoted to the theme of the great patriotic war partisan movement. this can also be said about ivan the khrembchik,