Lu Xun - guide to Soviet woodcuts in China

The paper examines the history of the emergence of Soviet woodcuts in China with the assistance of the writer Lu Xun. The purpose of research is to study Lu Xun's activities in the field of art, to find out how Soviet woodcuts came to China and influenced Chinese art, to restore the historical picture of that time in order to enrich the topic of the history of Soviet-Chinese artistic exchanges, which is the focus of the history of Soviet-Chinese cultural cooperation. The significance of the study lies in the need to use the historical experience of Soviet-Chinese relations to provide information support for the current stage of cooperation between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China in the field of fine arts, which is of great importance for cultural cooperation and development of the two countries. The authors analyze books and letters related to Lu Xun's activities in the field of woodcut art. In accordance with the time and events, an assessment is given to the exhibition of Soviet engravings organized by Lu Xun, the first propagandist in China of Soviet literature and Soviet art.