Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich

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Yevgeny Wutschetich (2nd from left) at the inauguration of the Soviet memorial he built in Treptower Park in Berlin on May 8, 1949

Evgeni Viktorovič Vučetič ( Russian Евгений Викторович Вучетич ; scientific transliteration Evgenij Viktorovič Vučetič ; * December 15, July / 28 December  1908 greg. In Yekaterinoslav , Russian Empire , today was a prominence to Ukraine in 1974 ; † April 12, in Moscow. ) Soviet sculptor and artist. Vuchetich was best known for his great heroic monuments in the allegorical style.

Vuchetich, of Montenegrin origin (Serbian spelling: Vučetić, Вучетић), was a leading exponent of socialist realism and received numerous awards, including the 1970 Lenin Prize , the Stalin Prize (five times), the Order of Lenin (two times ) and the Order of the Second Great Patriotic War Degree. In 1959 he was named People's Artist of the USSR , in 1967, Hero of Socialist Labor .

It is assumed that his works in Treptower Park (Berlin), in Volgograd and in Magnitogorsk were conceived as a triptych .

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Individual evidence

  1. Russian Wikipedia, article Hinterland und Front, ru: Тыл - фронту (монумент)
  2. Ильин С. Б., Лонгинов А. С., Сульдин А. В .: Всенародная академия . Издательство политической литературы, Moscow 1986, p. 62 .
  3. Кудзоев О. А .: Скульптурная летопись края . 1989, p. 101 .
  4. Слука И .: Великая Отечественная война . In: 100 самых знаменитых монет СССР . 2015, p. 17 .
  5. Монумент скульптура Родина-мать в Волгограде (accessed September 28, 2017).