Chumak Eugene F. a sculptor, born in Kommunarsk, now Alchevsk, Luhansk region. He graduated from Lugansk art College (1965), the Kharkov art-industrial Institute (1970). Worked as a lecturer at Lugansk art school, the sculptor of the Lugansk art production plant. From 1973 participates in exhibitions. A member of the Union of artists of Ukraine (1982), the International Association “artists of the world” (1996). Listed in “the world encyclopedia of artists of the world of all times and peoples” (edition Leipzig, münchen, vol. 23, 1999), in the “Golden book of Ukraine 2000″. Professor of Lugansk national pedagogical University. T. G. Shevchenko. Major works of the sculptor: “Always alert”, “Donbaska”, “Anxious youth”, “Friends”, “native land”, sculpture: “Pochaevskaya virgin” (Perevalsk, 2002), “Michael the Archangel” (Kiev, 2003), the monument: “to Soldiers to liberators” (Kiev, 1991), “Students and faculty of the East Ukrainian national University who died during the second world war” (Kiev, 1995), on the graves of the Unknown soldier (Lugansk, 2000). “In honor of the 2000th anniversary of the Nativity of Christ” (Kiev, 2000), “the Liquidators of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant” (Kiev, 2000), “Intracity participating in the storming of Berlin” (Charcoal, 2005), “Mikhail Matusovsky” (Kiev, 2007). People’s artist of Ukraine (2006). Honorary citizen of Luhansk (2010). Died June 8, 2012.