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"Black Earth" (1930)
Alexander Gerasimov's painting "Black Earth" (1930) is an excellent example of neo-realist style. The tractor was, of course, one of central Soviet symbols, an illustration of the technological progress that had, supposedly, been introduced in the countryside by the Bolshevik regime.