Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich
Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich (Russian: Евгений Викторович Вучетич; 28 December 1908–12 April 1974) was a Soviet sculptor and artist. He is known for his heroic monuments, often of allegoric style, including The Motherland Calls, the largest sculpture in the world at the time.
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Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich

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- Name
- Yevgeny Vuchetich
- Birth Name
- Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich
- Born
- December 1908
- Birthplace
- Yekaterinoslav, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine)
- Died
- 12 April 1974
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
- Occupation
- sculptor · pedagogue · university teacher
- Fields
- monumental sculpture
- Education
- Repin Institute of Arts
- Known for
- The Motherland Calls
- Honours
- Stalin Prize · Order of Lenin · Hero of Socialist Labour · Order of the Patriotic War and 2nd class · Lenin Prize · People's Painter of the USSR
- Languages
- Russian
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Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich (Russian: Евгений Викторович Вучетич; 28 December 1908–12 April 1974) was a Soviet sculptor and artist. He is known for his heroic monuments, often of allegoric style, including The Motherland Calls, the largest sculpture in the world at the time.
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Biography
Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich studied at Repin Institute of Arts. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is monumental sculpture. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are monumental. Work by Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich is recorded in the collections of Middelheim Museum. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour and Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class.

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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Yevgeny Vuchetich • Birth Name — Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich • Born — December 1908 • Birthplace — Yekaterinoslav, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine) • Died — 12 April 1974 • Works — The Motherland Calls
Biography
Biography
Vuchetich was born in Yekaterinoslav, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire (now Dnipro, Ukraine), the son of Viktor Vuchetich (Vučetić), a Montenegrin Serb (Grbalj) immigrant, and Anna Andreevna Stewart, of Russian and of French descent. He was a prominent representative of the Socialist Realism style and was awarded with the Lenin Prize in 1970, the Stalin Prize first degree (1947, 1950), the Stalin Prize second degree (1946, 1948, 1949), Order of Lenin (twice), Order of the Patriotic War second degree Hero of Socialist Labor (1967) and People's Artist of the USSR (1959).
Family
Family
One of his step-granddaughters is Israeli politician Ksenia Svetlova.
Works
Works
• Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park, Berlin (1946–1949), overseen by a 13m tall monument of a Soviet soldier holding a German child, with a sword, over a broken swastika. This war memorial design was later used on coins and medals commemorating the end of fascist rule in 1945. Stalin Prize of first degree (1950) • Nikolai Vatutin monument in Kyiv, Ukraine (1948). This monument was dismantled on 9 February 2023. • Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares in the United Nations garden (1957) • Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares in front of the plant "Gazoapparat" in Volgograd. • A sculpture of Felix Dzerzhinsky (1958), colloquially known as "Iron Felix", used to be in Moscow at the Lubyanka Square. • The Motherland Calls! at Mamayev Kurgan (1963–1967). Lenin Prize (1970). • Illustration — The Motherland Calls • Illustration — Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares • Illustration — Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park
Identity
Identity
Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich is recorded as having received Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin and Hero of Socialist Labour. Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the headings Evgenij Viktorovič Vučetič and Yevgeny Vuchetich. His recorded language was Russian. He married Sarra Maizel. Other recorded relations include Igor Svetlov.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1908
Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich born at Dnipro.
1936
Fountan at Theater Square is dated 1936.
1948
Monument to Alexander Matrosov in Velikiye Luki is dated 1948.
1948
Nikolai Vatutin monument is dated 1948.
1949
Soviet War Memorial is dated 1949.
1959
The Motherland Calls is dated 1959.
1973
Monument to Lenin at the entrance of the Volga-Don canal is dated 1973.
1974
Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich died at Moscow.
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Dnipro.
Birth place
Moscow.
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Recognition and collections
Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich received Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class, Lenin Prize and People's Painter of the USSR.
Awards
• Hero of Socialist Labour (10 October 1967) • Peoples Artist of the RSFSR (1951) • Honored worker of art of the Kazakh SSR (1957) • Peoples Artist of the USSR • Stalin prize 2nd class (1946) • Stalin prize 1st class (1947) • Stalin prize 2nd class (1948) • Stalin prize 2nd class (1949) • Stalin prize 1st class (1950) • Two Order of Lenin (19 September 1952 and 15 October 1967)
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