1941
Outbreak of war. Volkov invites painters evacuated from Moscow to live in his studio.

1942–1944
Works intensely. Participates in exhibitions, holds a one man show in 1944 . Throughout the war years Volkov’s studio was a refuge for his former students from Tashkent.

1946
Awarded the title “Peoples’ Painter of Uzbekistan”. His paintings are included in the all-Union Still Life exhibition. This will be the last time that his work will be allowed to be shown in Moscow during his life. Articles in the media aссuse Volkov of “formalism and cosmopolitism”.

1949
The Politburo launches a campaign against cosmopolitism. Volkov abandons all his positions in the Artist’s Union.

1956
The Artists Union strives to isolate Volkov, declaring the artist is ill or idle.

1946–1957
After ten years in oblivion, the work of “the Peoples’ Artist Volkov” is exhibited by the Artists Union of Uzbekistan to mark his 70th birthday.

December 17
1957 Death of Aleksandr Nikolaevitch Volkov. Aleksandr Volkov sculpted a bust of his father which was placed on the grave in Tashkent’s Botkinskoe cemetery.