Vasyl Borodai | |
|---|---|
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| Native name |
Василь Захарович Бородай |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Vasyl Zakharovych Borodai 18 August 1917 Yekaterinoslav, Ukrainian People's Republic |
| Died |
19 April 2010 (aged 92) Kiev, Ukraine |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
Vasyl Zakharovych Borodai (Ukrainian: Василь Захарович Бородай; 18 August 1917, Yekaterinoslav – 19 April 2010, Kyiv) was a Soviet and Ukrainian sculptor, parliamentary, People's Painter of the USSR, academician of the Academy of Arts of the Soviet Union and Ukraine.
He was a World War II veteran. While studying in Kyiv Arts Institute in 1947–53, Borodai was a student of Ukrainian sculptor Mykhailo Lysenko.
Borodai was a guardian of another Ukrainian sculptor Alexander Kostetsky who early lost his father.
Gallery[]
Monument of the Great October Revolution (1977)
Monument to Lesya Ukrainka (1965)
"And Mother awaits..." (Kyiv Oblast)
Motherland Monument, Kyiv (1981)
External links[]
- Vasyl Borodai in the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia
- Tkachova, L.I. Borodai Vasyl Zakharovych (БОРОДАЙ ВАСИЛЬ ЗАХАРОВИЧ). Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.
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