Daily LIFT #1850

Gift from Leningrad, painting, N. Veselova, V. Zagonek, A. Rubin and Y. Tulin, USSR c. 1958 -- Daily LIFT #1850

From the Soviet Press 1959: "Gift from Leningrad depicts the assembly of a turbine for the Tsimlyanskaya Hydroelectric Station.

The big dams built in the last decade to harness the power of the country's rivers have served as background for many paintings. Thousands of young people came to work on these gigantic projects . More often than not the construction sites of the new hydroelectric plants were in distant uninhabited areas with very little in the way of modern comforts.

But these enthusiastic pioneering people made small matter of the hardships. They did the impossible, working against time and against nature as though they were determined to show the world what Soviet people could do."