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Nina Zhilinskaya
Sculptress, draughtswoman, painter. Wife of Dmitry Zhilinsky. Born in the family of a man called Ivan in the town of Podolsk in Moscow Region (1926). Studied under Alexander Deineka at the Moscow Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts (1947–53). Member of the Union of Artists (1955). Died in Moscow (1995). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1954).