▁genre , ▁landscape , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁still ▁life . ▁Many ▁of ▁his ▁works ▁are ▁dedicated ▁to ▁land sc apes ▁of ▁Bor is ogle b sk ▁and ▁its ▁surr ound ings . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 1 , ▁Py otr ▁Ivan ov ich ▁was ▁draft ed ▁into ▁the ▁army , ▁and ▁while ▁being ▁at ▁the ▁front , ▁he ▁managed ▁to ▁paint ▁decor ations ▁and ▁port ra its ▁of ▁gener als , ▁post ers ▁and ▁name plates ▁on ▁the ▁gra ves ▁of ▁the ▁per ished . ▁He ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁freely ▁c ite ▁poetry ▁of ▁Vladimir ▁May akov sky ▁and ▁Serge i ▁Es en in , ▁and ▁argue ▁on ▁contemporary ▁t endencies ▁in ▁the ▁art ▁world . ▁In ▁his ▁free ▁time , ▁the ▁artist ▁painted ▁military ▁land sc apes ▁where ▁he ▁showed ▁d ug outs , ▁bur nt ▁for ests , ▁and ▁the ▁remains ▁of ▁pe asant ' s ▁houses ▁and ▁roads . ▁ ▁Sh ol ok hov ▁was ▁named ▁« The ▁singer ▁of ▁Bor is ogle b sk ▁and ▁its ▁surr ound ings ». ▁In ▁post war ▁years ▁he ▁worked ▁on ▁industrial ▁them es , ▁creating ▁famous ▁paint ings ▁such ▁as ▁« The ▁Plant ▁of ▁Ham mer ▁and ▁S ick le ». ▁Py otr ▁Ivan ov ich ▁was ▁a ▁Professor ▁of ▁Art ▁History ▁in ▁a ▁studio ▁of ▁the ▁publishing ▁house ▁« P rav da ». ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁he ▁don ated ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 0 ▁works ▁to ▁numerous ▁art ▁museum s ▁in ▁Vor one zh ▁and