The lecture is dedicated to the complex period in art from the 1920s to the 1940s, when avant-garde searches gave way to figuration, ideology, and strict artistic rules. The history of art rarely moves in a straight line. Bold discoveries are often followed by setbacks, disputes, and sharp changes in taste. The years 1920-1940 became such a time, when the early avant-garde, which had recently seemed the language of the future, began to lose ground. In place of abstract forms, figuration, ideological determination, and art that needed to be understandable and convincing became increasingly prominent. The talk will address the crisis of the avant-garde and why modernism developed so complexly and contradictorily during this period. On one hand, artists continued to search for a new language. On the other hand, art became increasingly dependent on political pressure, social expectations, and the demands of totalitarian systems. Where to go in Yekaterinburg is known by KudaGo.