1927, Moskow – 1994, Moskow

Painter, master of genre paintings and landscapes. Studied at the Vasily Surikov Institute of Art in Moscow (1953–1959). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1959). Member of the Moscow Union of Artists (1962). Worked together with his brother Pyotr Smolin (from 1958). Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1981).