Nikolay Solomin is People'a Artist of Russia. National Prize winner. Full member of the Academy of Fine Arts. Elected professor of historical and battle painting at Surikov Institute of Fine Arts.

Works of art by N. Solomin have been displayed in numerous museums, such as the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Central Museum of Armed Forces of Russia, museums of St. Petersburg, art museums in Ryazan, Tula, Belgorod, Tver and other towns and cities of Russia, as well as in France, Germany, Denmark, Finland and the United States.