"Antiquarian" magazine No. 6 2023 (133). Samarkand epic of Ukrainian artists: 1941-1944

About the "Uzbek period" of preserving Ukrainian national potential.

During the Second World War, dozens of universities were evacuated from Ukraine to Uzbekistan. Kyiv and Kharkiv Art Institutes also continued their work in Samarkand. In this ancient Asian city, Ukrainian artists (teachers and students) created many paintings and graphic works.

The vast majority of works of art of the "Uzbek period" are preserved in the families of artists, therefore, a huge layer of Ukrainian art of the middle of the 20th century remains almost unknown, even to specialists. However, these works contain extremely valuable evidence of the time, the artistic knowledge of the exotic East by Ukrainians.

The issue of "Antiquarian" No. 133 was worked on for a year. They collected materials from the children and grandchildren of artists who lived in Samarkand, analyzed works from private and museum collections, and prepared for publication the memories of "Samarkandites". So on the pages of this issue of the magazine:

the history of the evacuation of Ukrainian artists, scientists, teachers and entrepreneurs to Uzbekistan,
stories about acquaintance, rapprochement and interpenetration of cultures,
memories of the life and daily life of evacuated Ukrainian artists,
articles by art critics about pictorial and graphic works of the "Uzbek period",
stories of artists, entrepreneurs and diplomats about the current cooperation and mutual support of Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
The curator of the project is the art critic Galina Alaverdova, the guest editor of the issue is the Ambassador of Ukraine to Uzbekistan Mykola Doroshenko