Background
Vuchetich, Evgenii was born on December 15, 1908 in Ekaterinoslav(now Dnepropetrovsk).
Vuchetich, Evgenii was born on December 15, 1908 in Ekaterinoslav(now Dnepropetrovsk).
Studied at the Rostov Art School, 1926-1930, and the Leningrad Academy of Arts, 1931-1933. Studied at the Rostov Art School, 1926-1930, and the Leningrad Academy of Arts, 1931-1933.
One of the main exponents of Stalinist socialist-realist art in sculpture. Constructed many of the largest Soviet memorials: the Soviet Army memorial in Berlin, the war memorial in Stalingrad (now Volgograd), the Dzerzhinskii statue in front of the Lubianka in Moscow, and others.