Sergey Merkurov
Soviet sculptor
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Sergey Dmitriyevich Merkurov was a Soviet sculptor-monumentalist of Greek-Armenian descent. He was a People's Artist of the USSR in visual arts, an academic at the Soviet Academy of Arts, and director of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts from 1944... Wikipedia
Born: November 7, 1881, Gyumri, Armenia
Died: June 8, 1952 (age 70 years), Moscow, Russia
Artworks: Death of the Leader, Vladimir Lenin monument, Kyiv, Muzeondagi Stalin yodgorligi, and more
Nationality: Armenian and Soviet