Russia

The mural "Russia'" tells the story of the development of industry in our country — a tribute to history. The sketch for the mural is based on in-depth research of archival materials: photographs, blueprints, documents, and illustrations.

The central figure is Peter the Great — the first Russian emperor, a reformer, and visionary city-builder.A river of time flows across the mural, tracing the evolution from the rise of the factory era to the pride of the Soviet age — the engineer-designers.

Key elements include: a water-lifting mill, a blast furnace, a blacksmith’s forge, a 17th-century steel plant, a manufactory, Peter the Great’s shipyard, a printing press, a 19th-century brick factory, an 18th-century one-wheeled cart, a 1915 steam locomotive, Ippolit Romanov’s electric car, a steam engine, the Silk Road, and a Soviet design engineer at work.