1966 in fine arts of the Soviet Union

The year 1966 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.

Events

 * Guaranteed wage for artists for the first time introduced in Leningrad. Its size was 150-200 rubles a month, roughly in line with the average wage in the industry. This innovation was seized about 500 visual artists of all disciplines.
 * Exhibition of young leningrad artists opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists.
 * Autumn Exhibition of leningrad artists of 1966 year opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists.

Deaths

 * March 7 — Samuil Adlivankin (Адливанкин Самуил Яковлевич), Russian soviet graphic artists (born 1897).
 * March 29 — Vladimir Ingal (Ингал Владимир Иосифович), soviet sculptor, Honored art worker of Russian Federation, Stalin Prize winner (born 1901).
 * August 16 — Gavriil Gorelov (Горелов Гавриил Никитич), Russian soviet painter Горелов Гавриил Никитич (Никитьевич), русский советский живописец, Honored art worker of Russian Federation, Stalin Prize winner (born 1880).
 * December 20 — Matvey Manizer (Манизер Матвей Генрихович), soviet sculptor, People's Artist of the USSR, Stalin Prize winner (born 1891).