AKhRR

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The Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia (Assotsiatsia Khudozhnikov Revolutsionnoi Rossii or AKhRR), sometimes alternately referred to as Association of Artists of the Revolution (Assotsiatsia Khudozhnikov Revolutsii or AKhR) was a group of Russian artists in the early Soviet Union. They gained favor as the the legitimate bearers of the Communist political ideal into the world of art, providing the framework for the Socialist Realism style which would be the orthodox style approved by the regime.