Boris Kosarev

1956-1958 – Boris finished courses of photojournalists at the Union of Journalists

Boris joined political visits of the Soviet leaders to foreign countries, including Malenkov visit to the UK. He made photos of the famous personalities - Sholokhov, Solzhenitsyn, Rostropovich, Bondarchuk, Maya Plisetskaya, Rockfeller (how visited the USSR for the US exhibition of 1954).

In February 1945 Boris Kosarev was sent as a photographer to the Crimea, to take official photos of the Yalta Conference, the meeting of Heads of governments of the United States, the Great Britain and the Soviet Union.

Boris's son, Aleksander Kosarev (1944–2013), took over Boris's creative route and became Russian film director, Honored Art Worker of Russia, screenwriter and actor, poet.

From 1936 to 1960 - the official photographer of Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union.

In 1934 Boris joined the Soviet Army and served on the western border of the USSR in the Ukrainian SSR. Demobilized in 1936.

1932–1933 years – official photographer of Pribalhashstroy Construction, photographer of "Soyuzfoto" Agency.

In 1929 famous Soviet writer Maxim Gorky invited Boris to work for his magazine "Our achievements", where Boris worked as photojournalist for couple of years.

In 1929-1932 - pictures were published in the Soviet magazines "RABIS", "Cinema and the life."

1927-1929 he worked as a press operator on "Electrosvet" factory, at the same time he attended photo courses at the Society of Friends of the Soviet cinema.

Boris Maximovich Kosarev (Russian: Бори́с Макси́мович Ко́сарев; 1911–1989) was a Soviet photographer, journalist, in 1930 - 1950 he was an official photographer of the Soviet government, who participated at key historical events, including the Yalta Conference of 1945. Boris Kosarev is the author of many famous photographs of political events and Soviet leaders.

Boris Kosarev was born on 29 October 1911, in a small town of Odoyev, Tula Governorate.