Volga River
In the 1950s the leading place in art of Galakhov belonged to landscapes of the Volga River. He traveled on the Russian rivers Volga, Vetluga, Vyatka, where he painted a lot sketches from the life. His paintings are sustained in the strict, almost classical tradition of Russian landscape painting. This is indicated by the work shown in exhibitions, such as "Landing stage on the Volga River", "Evening. Kama mouth" (both 1954), "July" (1955), "Port on the Volga River. Evening", "Blooming meadows on the Volga River" (both 1956), "The Storm under the Volga River", "On the Volga River" (both 1957), "Construction of the Kuibyshev Hydroelectric Station" (1957), "Autumn on the Volga River" (1957), and others.