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| Vasyl Borodai | |
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| Василь Бородай | |
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| Born | Vasyl Zakharovych Borodai (1917-08-18)18 August 1917 Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire (now Dnipro, Ukraine) |
| Died | 19 April 2010(2010-04-19) (aged 92) Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Occupation | Sculptor |
| Awards | Shevchenko Prize (1968) |
Vasyl Zakharovych Borodai (Ukrainian: Василь Захарович Бородай; 18 August 1917–19 April 2010) was a Ukrainian sculptor, painter and parliamentary. He was known for his public monuments. Borodai was awarded the title, People's Artist of the USSR, and was academician of the Academy of Arts of the Soviet Union and Ukraine.
Biography
Vasyl Zakharovych Borodai was born on 18 August 1917 in Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipro), Ukraine (then part of the Russian Republic). He was a World War II veteran. While studying in Kyiv Arts Institute in 1947–1953, Borodai was a student of Ukrainian sculptor Mykhailo Lysenko [uk].
Borodai's daughter was painter Halyna Borodai [uk], and he was a guardian of another Ukrainian sculptor Alexander Kostetsky who early lost his father.
He died on 19 April 2010 in Kyiv.
Gallery
References
- "Бородай". Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine (in Russian). 2016. Archived from the original on 23 November 2016.
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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| Cultural offices | ||
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| Preceded byVasyl Kasiyan | Head of the National society of painters of Ukraine 1968–1982 |
Succeeded byOleksandr Skoblikov |
| 1968 Shevchenko National Prize winners | |
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- 1917 births
- 2010 deaths
- 20th-century Ukrainian educators
- 20th-century Ukrainian sculptors
- Artists from Dnipro
- Military personnel from Dnipro
- Politicians from Dnipro
- People from Yekaterinoslavsky Uyezd
- Full Members of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts
- Full Members of the USSR Academy of Arts
- National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture alumni
- Academic staff of the National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture
- 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
- People's Artists of the USSR (visual arts)
- Recipients of the Lenin Prize
- Recipients of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class
- Recipients of the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Star
- Recipients of the Shevchenko National Prize
- Ukrainian educational theorists
- Ukrainian male sculptors
- Soviet educators
- Soviet sculptors
- Soviet military personnel of World War II
- World War II spies for the Soviet Union
- Burials at Baikove Cemetery
- Ukrainian people of World War II