Exhibition dedicated to art of USSR to be opened in Bishkek ahead of Independence Day

Bishkek, Aug.26, 2019. /Kabar/. The Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts named after Gapar Aitiyev will open the exhibition "In peace and harmony. The art of the USSR".
The Museum’s press service reported that the exhibition is devoted to the Soviet fine arts of the 30-90s of the XX century.
The exhibition will feature works by artists from Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova, the Baltic States (Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia), Russia, Ukraine and the Central Asian republics (Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan).
The exhibition is a tribute to older generations, their heritage and covenants.
"We hope that today this exhibition will sound in a special way, as a tribute to memory and as a holiday of art, culture and Independence Day," the statement said.
Every year on Aug.31, Kyrgyzstan celebrates the Independence Day of the Republic. On that day, in 1991, an extraordinary session of the Supreme Council of Kyrgyzstan adopted a resolution on the "Declaration on the State Independence of the Kyrgyz Republic". According to this historic act, the Kyrgyz Republic was declared an independent, sovereign and democratic state.