After graduation , Nikolai Timkov was called up for military service in the Baltic Fleet , where he served until 1946 . During the Great Patriotic War and Blockade of Leningrad Timkov was among defenders of Leningrad . During brief visits to the city , he created a series of graphic works ( gouache , watercolor ) , depicting the Siege of Leningrad ( now in the collection of the State Russian Museum and the Museum of the History of Saint Petersburg ) . Timkov participated in the Exhibition of the defenders of Leningrad , also in the Exhibition titled " The Heroics of Soviet Front and Rear " in Moscow at the Tretyakov Gallery in 1943 , as well as creating the greatest during the war years Exhibition " The Heroic defense of Leningrad " , opened in 1944 and marked the beginning of the Museum of Defense of Leningrad . Timkov was awarded the medals " For Defense of Leningrad " , and " For Victory over Germany " . In 1943 , Nikolai Timkov has been accepted in members of the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists
For Victory over Germany
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Nikolai Timkov