Yevgeny Vuchetich


Yevgeny Viktorovich Vuchetich was a prominent Soviet sculptor and artist. He is known for his heroic monuments, often of allegoric style, including The Motherland Calls, the largest sculpture in the world at the time.

Biography

Vuchetich was born in Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire, the son of Viktor Vuchetich, of Serbian ethnicity, and Anna Andreevna Stewart, of Russian and of French descent.
He was a prominent representative of the Socialist Realism style and was awarded with the Lenin Prize in 1970, the Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, Order of the Patriotic War, Hero of Socialist Labor and People's Artist of the USSR.

Family

One of his step-granddaughters is Israeli politician Ksenia Svetlova.

Works