people’s artist of Ukraine (since 1978). Born April 21, 1913 at S. Upper Gnilusha (now S. Lozovoi) Voronezh region the participant of the great Patriotic war. He studied at the workers ‘ faculty at the Kiev art Institute (1932-33), Kharkiv art College and the Kharkov art Institute (1933-42), teachers L. Bloch, M. Gelman, O. Matveyev. HO is a member of the CFS since 1942. Participant of Republican, all-Union and foreign exhibitions since 1942. Personal exhibition: town of Lozova (Kharkiv region) – 1998. Was a teacher at KhSAI (1949-54), he worked at Kharkiv sculpture factory Art Foundation of the USSR. Laureate of the state prize of Ukraine.T.G.Shevchenko (1977)