Vyacheslav Klykov

Background

He was born on October 19, 1939 in a peasant family near Kursk and studied in the Surikov Art Institute in Moscow, which entered in 1964.

Education

Having finished high school, Klykov studied at the Kursk Construction College, which he graduated in 1959. Then he worked in industries.

In 1960 he entered the graphic arts department of the Kursk State Pedagogical Institute, where he studied for two years.

In 1962, Klykov entered the sculpture department of the Moscow State Academic Institute of Fine Arts named after Surikov, from which he graduated in 1968 receiving the specialty of a monumental sculptor.

Career

Since 1968 he regularly participated in Moscow, republican, all-union and international exhibitions.

His playful sculptural decor for the Central Musical Theatre for Children (1979) made him famous. His public statue of Sergius of Radonezh in Radonezh (1987) was the first memorial installed in the Soviet Union without permission from the authorities.

In the second half of the 1980s, he turns to Orthodox patriotic themes in his work - Cyril and Methodius on Slavyanskaya Square (1991) and Marshal Zhukov on Manege Square (1995).

He was also an active political figure. In March 1990, he ran for people's deputies of the USSR, but lost to Ponomarev. Since 1990 - President of the International Foundation for Slavic Literature and Culture.

In October 1996 he headed the All-Russian Council Movement. He was a member of the editorial boards of the Den newspaper (1991-1993), the Observer RAU newspaper (1992), was the editor-in-chief of the Derzhava magazine.

In January 2005, he signed an appeal to the Prosecutor General's Office demanding an inspection of Jewish religious organizations for violations of extremism laws - "Letter 5000".

On November 21, 2005, he held a restoration congress of the Union of the Russian People, was elected its chairman.

Achievements

• On April 9, 1996 Vyacheslav Klykov was nominated as Honored Artist of the Russian Federation for services in the field of art and on October 20, 1999 - People's Artist of the Russian Federation for great services in the field of fine arts.

Works

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• sculpture

  • Monument to marshal Zhykov

    1995

  • Monument to Ilya Muromets

    1998

  • Monument to Dmitry Donskoy

    2013

  • Monument to Mercury

    1982

Politics

On the 1996 presidential elections, he supported Zyuganov's candidacy and expressed the hope that Zyuganov and his supporters in the Communist Party 'will eventually come to the idea of a monarchy'.

Membership

Since 1969 Klykov was a member of the USSR Union of Artists, havin his works exhibited in the Tretyakov Gallery and the State Russian Museum.

Between 1985 and 1987 he was a Member of the Patriotic Association "Memory", since 1989 - a member of the Association of Russian Artists.

In 1995 he became a member of the National Committee of the Derzhava Social-Patriotic Movement for six months, then since December 1996 - a member of the Presidium of Russian Federation.

• the Patriotic Association 'Memory' , Russian Federation

  1985 - 1987

• the Association of Russian Artists , Russian Federation

  1989 - 2006

• USSR Union of Artists , Russian Federation

  1969 - 2006

• The National Committee of the Derzhava Social-Patriotic Movement , Russian Federation

  1995 - 1996

• Presidium , Russian Federation

  1996 - 2006

Connections

Klykov Vyacheslav had 2 sons and 1 daughter.

The eldest son Andrey was born in 1962. He is a Member of the Union of Artists, works in the workshop where his father worked and whose name it bears. The youngest son is Mikhail and the daughter's name is Lyubov.

Son:

Andrey Klykov

Son:

Mikhail Klykov

Daughter:

Lyubov Klykova

References

• Great Russian Encyclopedia
• Encyclopedia Around the World
• Cultural center named after Ershov
• Chronos Boigraphies