The focus of the study was on the artistic evolution of the products of the lacquer art of Palekh, Mstyora, Kholuy, and Fedoskino
in the post-Stalin period in the development of the Soviet folk art (using the example of lacquer miniatures on the propaganda theme). The
purpose of the article was to trace the changes in the style of Russian lacquer miniatures of the late Soviet period (1960–1980) that distinguish in essence the lacquer products of Palekh, Mstyora, Kholuy, and Fedoskino from the earlier periods in the development of Soviet
lacquer miniatures. The author explored an unusual version of the “severe style” that had emerged in Fedoskino lacquer miniature under the
influence of Soviet easel painting of the 1960s. The author examined the reasons for the emergence of this unusual stylistic trend in Fedoskino products in the 1960s — 1980s, and gave a brief description of it, analyzing specific Fedoskino works on Soviet propaganda themes. The
author concluded that one of the most important features of lacquer miniatures of this period was the imitation of the style of early lacquer
art from the 1920s — 1930s. The novelty of the article stems from the fact that neither the “severe style” of Fedoskino lacquer miniatures
nor the “return to the past” phenomenon in itself was in the focus of any scientific research in Russian and non-Russian literature despite
the very impressive amount of products made in this unusual style.