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Sculptor. Born in the family of a peasant called Sergei Tsvetkov in the village of Bukarevo in Tver Province (1924). Wounded and lost a leg on active service in the Second World War (1941–45). Studie...
Sculptor, graphic artist, illustrator, teacher. Born in the family of Alexei Vatagin in Moscow (1883/84). Studied at Nikolai Martynov’s studio (from 1899), Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of Mosco...
Sculptress. Born in the family of Sergei Kirillov in Poltava (1922). Studied at the Vasily Surikov Institute of Art in Moscow (1941–49) and animal art under Vasily Vatagin. Contributed to exhibitions...
Sculptor. Born in the family of Nikolai Kardashev in Moscow (1871). Took private lessons from artists, occasionally studied drawing at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1895–...
Sculptress, applied artist. Born in the family of Grigory Kaplyansky in the town of Bezhitsa in Bryansk Province (1913). Studied under Alexander Matveyev (1947–49). Lived and worked in Leningrad. Con...
Painter, designer. Born in the family of a railwayman called Victor Vorobyevsky in the village of Tankha in Transbaikal Region (1906). Graduated from the Pavlovsk School of Art (1926) and worked at t...
Porcelain artist. Born in the family of Lavrenty Semyonov in Batanovka in Novgorod Province (1914). Studied at the school of art and industry of the Red Porcelainist Factory (1930–33). Worked as a sc...
Artist. Born in the family of Yevgeny Tumanov in Moscow (1949). Studied at the 1905 School of Art in Moscow (1970–74). Member of the Municipal Committee of Painters and Graphic Artists at 28 Malaya G...
Painter, collage artist. Born in the family of Mikhail Bordachyov in Moscow (1948). Graduated as a locksmith from college (1964). Took up fine art (1966). Influenced by Anatoly Zverev. Active member ...
Painter, graphic artist, book designer, object artist. Born in the family of Mikhail Yulikov in the small town of Vyatskiye Polyany in Kirov Region (1943). Studied at the Moscow Secondary School of A...