Yevhen Yehorov

Yevhen Yehorov studied at Kharkiv Institute of Arts. Training under Dimitri Chavikin and Alex Coquel is recorded. Volodymyr Kravets, Mohylevskyi Kostiantyn Viktorovych and Hennadii Babitch are recorded as having studied under Yevhen Yehorov. The recorded working language is Ukrainian. Employment is recorded with Kharkiv Institute of Arts and Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Fine Arts. Works named in the authority record are coat of arms of Kharkiv. Distinctions recorded are Honored Art Worker of the Ukrainian SSR.

• Name — Yevhen Pavlovych Yehorov • Native Name — Євген Павлович Єгоров • Born — 17 May 1917 • Birthplace — Lyman, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine • Died — 4 May 2005 • Place of death — Kharkiv, Ukraine • Education — Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts • Notable Works — Coat of arms of Kharkiv • Awards — Honored Artist of Ukraine

Yevhen Pavlovych Yehorov was born in Lyman, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on May 17, 1917, in the family of a railway worker. In 1939, he volunteered to fight with the Red Army, participating in the Winter War. During World War II, he fought as part of the Soviet 8th Tanks Corps, fighting in the Fourth Battle of Kharkiv, Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of Kursk, Warsaw Uprising, and the Battle of Berlin. He returned to Ukraine disabled, and kept a piece of the Reichstag building as a souvenir on the wall of his workshop. He attended the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, where he was mentored by Aleksey Kokel. After graduating in 1949, he began working at the university in the department of drawing. In 1958, he became a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. The following year, he was made associate professor and head of the department of drawing at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts. Throughout his career, he held a number of exhibitions of his work, including in Kharkiv in 1957, 1967, 1972, 1977, and 1987, in Kyiv in 1969, 1972, and 1987, and in Harbin, China in 1997. In 1974, he was promoted to the position of professor at the university. He died in Kharkiv in 2005, at the age of 87.