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Sculptress, teacher. Born in the family of Pyotr Dyomin in Kharkiv (1899). Studied at the Kharkiv School of Art (1918–19), Kharkiv Technical College of Art (1920–22), VKhUTEMAS in Moscow (1920–21) an...
Painter, graphic artist. Father of artist Oleg Pochtenny (1927–1997), grandfather of artist Xenia Pochtennaya (born 1955). Born in Kharkiv in the family of a cobbler called Pyotr Pochtenny (1895). Gr...
Jewish sculptor. Born as Nokhim-Leib Mogilevsky in the family of Schneer (Semyon) Mogilevsky in the town of Haradok (Gorodok) in Vitebsk Province (1895). Studied under a stone carver in Gorod (1905–0...
Painter, draughtsman. Born in the family of Yefim Zagoskin in the town of Surazh in Vitebsk Province (1900). Studied at the Odessa School of Art (1916–17) and the VKhUTEMAS in Saratov (1918–21). Move...
Painter, graphic artist. Born in the Latvian town of Grivo (now part of the city of Daugavpils) in the family of Ilya Malagis (1902). Grew up in poverty. In his youth painted movie bills and studied ...
Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Nikolai Traugott in St Petersburg (1903). Changed the spelling of his surname to “Traugot” (early 1920s). Studied under Alexander Savinov and Kuzma Petr...
Painter. Born in the family of Isaac Rusakov in the town of Sevsk in Oryol Province (1898). Studied under Nikolai Dubovskoi, Dmitry Kardovsky and Osip Braz at the Petrograd Free Art Studios/VKhUTEMAS...
Painter. Born in the family of a cobbler called Vasily Kuptsov in Pskov (1899). Studied at the Nikolai van der Vliet School of Art and Industry in Pskov (1913–18), Free Art and Technical Studios in P...