1901, Ekaterinodar — 1966, Leningrad

Sculptor; author of monumental and easel works; teacher. Studied at Vasily Meshkov’s private art studio in Moscow (1915); R. Rikha’s sculpture studio in Rostov-on-Don; Stepan Erzya’s studio in Baku; VKhUTEIN in Leningrad (1926–1930). Winner of the Stalin Prize (1941) for the sculpture Sergo Ordzhonikidze (1937) together with Veniamin Bogolyubov.