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# Boris Pasternak holds a portrait of Stalin together with its author, the artist Pavel Malkov, at the 1934 Congress of Soviet Writers
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/boris-pasternak-derzhit-portret-stalina-vmeste-s-avtorom-khudozhnikom-pavlom-malkovym-na-sezde-sovetskikh-pisatelei-1934-goda/
- Published: 2026-09-01T09:02:21.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:25:18.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archive, Art, Society, People

Igor Grabar, speaking on behalf of the artists attending the congress as guests, announced that the artists intended to present the congress with a portrait of Stalin. Boris Pasternak, a member of the congress presidium, who was sitting on the stage, took it upon himself to steady the portrait of the leader as it was brought out