The year 1930 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.

• April 6 — The Order of Lenin (Russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee as a highest decoration bestowed by the Soviet Union. The model of Order of Lenin was executed by sculptors of Ivan Shadr and Pyotr Tayozhny on the sketch of artist Ivan Dubasov.
• Isaak Brodsky creates a picture of «Lenin at Smolny in 1917» (Tretyakov gallery), which immediately after its introduction has become one of the most popular works on the image of the revolutionary leader and founder of the Soviet state.
• Closure of the Vkhutemas state art and technical school in Moscow.

• July 13 — Andrei Khaustov (Russian: Хаустов Андрей Иванович), Russian Soviet painter and sculptor (died 1978).
• September 28 — Nikolai Pozdneev (Russian: Николай Матвеевич Позднеев), Russian Soviet painter (died 1978).

• April 17 — Aleksandr Golovin (Russian: Александр Яковлевич Головин), Russian artist and stage designer (born 1863).
• September 25 — Abram Arkhipov (Russian: Архипов Абрам Ефимович), Russian Soviet painter and art teacher, People's Artist of the USSR (born 1862).
• September 29 — Ilya Repin (Russian: Илья Ефимович Репин), Russian painter and art teacher (born 1844).
• December 17 — Nikolay Kasatkin (Russian: Касаткин Николай Алексеевич), Russian Soviet painter, People's Artist of the RSFSR (born 1859).

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  Aleksandr Golovin
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  Abram Arkhipov
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  Ilya Repin
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  Nikolay Kasatkin

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