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Roxanna Kirillova
Born:
1922, Poltava
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 (from 1948).
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