Vasyl Borodai
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| Native name | Василь Захарович Бородай |
| Born | Vasyl Zakharovych Borodai 18 August 1917 Yekaterinoslav, Russian Republic |
| Died | 19 April 2010 (aged 92) Kiev, Ukraine |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Notable awards | Shevchenko Prize (1968) |
Vasyl Zakharovych Borodai (Ukrainian: Василь Захарович Бородай; 18 August 1917 –19 April 2010) was a Ukrainian sculptor, parliamentary, People's Painter of the Soviet Union, academician of the Academy of Arts of the Soviet Union and Ukraine.
He was a World War II veteran. While studying in Kiev 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
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Monument to Lesya Ukrainka (1965)
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"And Mother awaits..." (Kiev Oblast)
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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Categories:
- 1917 births
- 2010 deaths
- People from Dnipro
- People from Yekaterinoslav Governorate
- Ukrainian sculptors
- Soviet sculptors
- Soviet military personnel of World War II
- National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture, Kiev alumni
- Recipients of the Shevchenko National Prize
- People's Artists of the USSR (visual arts)
- Full Members of the USSR Academy of Arts
- Full Members of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts
- National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture, Kiev faculty
- 20th-century Ukrainian politicians
- Ninth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Tenth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Burials at Baikove Cemetery
- Ukrainian male sculptors