▁Bor is ogle b sk . ▁The ▁paint ings ▁of ▁this ▁author ▁are ▁kept ▁in ▁the ▁Tre ty akov ▁State ▁Gallery ▁in ▁Moscow , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁in ▁Y as n aya ▁Poly ana , ▁Mel ikh ovo , ▁and ▁various ▁museum s ▁in ▁Ser p uk hov ▁and ▁Tag an rog . ▁ ▁Leg acy ▁▁ ▁Py otr ▁Sh ol ok hov ▁was ▁a ▁highly - sk illed ▁painter ▁of ▁the ▁social ist ▁real ism ▁period , ▁and ▁he ▁inspired ▁other ▁artists ▁including ▁his ▁nep hew ▁Bor is ▁An atol iev ich ▁Sh ol ok hov . ▁His ▁last ▁personal ▁exhibition ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁on ▁Beg ov aya ▁street ▁in ▁Moscow . ▁While ▁real ism ▁was ▁largely ▁abandoned ▁in ▁the ▁West ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁the ▁Soviet ▁state ▁was ▁dev oting ▁vast ▁resources ▁to ▁supporting ▁traditional ▁landscape ▁and ▁portrait ▁artists . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁an ▁art ▁gallery ▁under ▁his ▁name ▁was ▁opened ▁in ▁Bor is ogle b sk ▁in ▁the ▁Vor one zh ▁ob last . ▁The ▁art ▁gallery ▁is ▁a ▁branch ▁of ▁ ▁E tn ographical ▁museum . ▁It ▁is ▁located ▁in ▁an ▁old ▁m ansion ▁of ▁a ▁Russian ▁merchant . ▁In ▁this ▁gallery ▁there ▁are ▁over ▁ 3 0 0 ▁pictures , ▁ 7 0 ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁painted ▁by ▁Sh ol ok hov . ▁Art ▁collect or ▁Alex ei ▁An any ev ▁sees ▁Social ist ▁Real ism ▁as ▁a ▁historical ▁Russian ▁style , ▁inherited ▁from ▁such