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Vuchetich (Вучетич) Yevgeny Viktorovich
(1908—1974)

Yevgeny Vuchetich was a prominent sculptor and artist of the Soviet Union, Hero of Socialist Labor (1967), People's Artist of the USSR (1959), known for his heroic monuments, often of allegoric style.

Vuchetich was of Montenegrin descent, born in Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine).

He was a prominent representative of the Socialist Realism style and was awarded with the Lenin Prize (1970) and Stalin Prize (1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950), Order of Lenin (twice), Order of the Patriotic War of 2nd degree.

USSR, 1982, Khmelnitsky monument in Kiev

USSR, 1987.06.87, Khmelnitsky monument in Kiev