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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

Postage stamp of the Soviet Union, Sputnik-2, 1957, 20 kopecks, Scott#2032

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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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