1986 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
The year 1986 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.

Events
 Exhibition of works by Elena Kostenko was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists.
 Traditional Exhibition of works of Leningrad artists – the Great Patriotic war veterans was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists on the eve of Victory Day (9 May).
 Exhibition of works by Boris Lavrenko was opened in the Museum of the Academy of Arts in Leningrad.
 Exhibition of works by Boris Shamanov was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists.
 Exhibition of works by Yaroslav Nikolaev (1899–1978) was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists.
 Exhibition of works by Piotr Fomin was opened in the «Manezh» Central Exhibition Hall in the Moscow.
 Exhibition of works by Piotr Buchkin (1886–1965) was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists.
 Exhibition of works by Yaroslav Krestovsky was opened in the Central House of Artists in Moscow.

Deaths
 February 12 — Elena Skuin (), Russian soviet painter and graphic artist (b. 1908).
 March 27 — Mikhail Poniatov (), Russian soviet painter (b. 1905).
 June 8 — Victor Tsiplakov, (), Russian soviet painter, People's Artist of the RSFSR (b. 1915).
 June 26 — Vadim Sidur (), Russian soviet sculptor (b. 1924).
 August 2 — Vsevolod Bazhenov (), Russian soviet painter (b. 1909).
 August 6 — Nikolai Mukho (), Russian soviet painter (b. 1913).

See also

 List of Russian artists
 List of painters of Leningrad Union of Artists
 Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
 Russian culture
 1986 in the Soviet Union

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