Emmanuil Evzerikhin

Work by Emmanuil Evzerikhin is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are Order of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" and Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad".

• Name — Emmanuil Noevich Yevzerikhin • Native Name — Эммануил Ноевич Евзерихин • Birthplace — Rostov-on-Don, Russian Empire • Died — 28 March 1984 (aged 72) • Place of death — Moscow, USSR

He was born in 1911 to a Jewish family in Rostov-on-Don. In 1934 he moved to Moscow where he was able to photograph many important people and events of the era for TASS - the congress of the Comintern and the congress of Soviets where the constitution was adopted, constructions, parades, and Arctic expeditions. He photographed Maxim Gorky and Mikhail Kalinin and famous pilots Valery Chkalov and Mikhail Gromov. During World War II he was on a number on fronts but his most famous photographs were taken in Stalingrad. He participated in the liberation of Minsk, Warsaw and Konigsberg. After the war he taught photography and lectured around the country. He died in 1984.