Ivan KorshunovDina Polozkova, 2015 · For sale
(from the “Live and Dead” series)
Oil on canvas · 170 × 170 cm · Russia

Dina Polozkova (born in 1939) was one of the few "summer residents" in the village of Olshanka. She used to visit the village during the summertime. Her parents, Alexandra and Nikita Nikolaev, were village teachers who had taught multiple generations of students. Nikita Nikolaev was a war veteran, participating in both the Winter War

and the Great Patriotic War. After the war, he served as a school director and taught German. Dina married Vasily Polozkov, a military officer who later rose to the rank of colonel.