ПОЧТА СССР (USSR POST) 1978 / ПОРТРЕТ В.И. ЛЕНИНА В.А.Серов. 1956 (PORTRAIT OF V.I. LENIN V.A. Serov. 1956) / ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ ТРЕТЬЯКОВСКАЯ ГАЛЕРЕЯ (STATE TRETYAKOV GALLERY) / Stamp

The portrait of V.I. Lenin is a painting by V.A. Serov, a Soviet artist who was known for his realistic and expressive style. Serov painted several portraits of Lenin, the founder and leader of the Soviet Union, in different periods of his life and political career.
The painting was created in 1956, 32 years after Lenin’s death in 1924. It shows Lenin in a gold frame with a red curtain in the background, symbolizing his status and influence. The painting was used as a design for a postage stamp that was issued in the same year to commemorate the 39th anniversary of the October Revolution, which brought the Bolsheviks to power in 1917.
The painting and the stamp are part of a series of works by Serov that depict Lenin in various historical moments and settings, such as Lenin proclaims Soviet power in Smolny Palace, Petrograd, 1917123, Lenin at the III Congress of the Comintern in Moscow, 1921 , and Lenin at his desk in the Kremlin, 1922. These paintings were intended to glorify Lenin and his role in the Soviet history and ideology, as well as to inspire loyalty and admiration among the Soviet people.