Title: Antique 1934 Signed Oil Study – Historical Revolutionary Scene (Kiev) Artist: А. Александров (A. Alexandrov / A. Aleksandrov) Date/Location: Signed and dated "Киев, 1934 г." (Kiev, 1934) Medium: Oil on heavy artist card stock / board Format: Noted as an (эскиз) / Oil Study Description: Available for purchase is a remarkably powerful, highly dramatic 1934 socialist-realist era oil study (eskiz) by the artist A. Alexandrov, executed in Kiev. This piece serves as a brilliant, raw developmental composition for a larger institutional historical painting, capturing a visceral scene of civic unrest and revolutionary conflict in a snowy European town. The background features a massive procession carrying historical Russian tricolor flags alongside traditional Orthodox religious banners and icons, which collides in the foreground with a chaotic, high-stakes street clash. The narrative tension is exceptional, featuring beautifully captured character studies, street brawling, and a figure holding a child aloft on a balcony. The painting is housed in its period-correct vintage wooden frame, offering an immediate, authentic gallery presence with undeniable historical gravity.