Personalities

		Abraham Bam, photographer Photographer Abraham Bam (1923 – 2013) was born in Vologda in the family of the employee. In 1931-1934 he studied at the primary school number 13, then he graduated seven classes in high school № 27. In the mid-1930s, when he lived on the street Mayakovsky, the first time he saw his neighbor's simple photographic equipment: frame for photo printing and machine-monocle.
		Vasily Belov, writer Vasily Belov (1932 – 2012) was a Soviet/Russian writer, poet and dramatist, who published more than 60 books which sold (as to 1998) 7 million copies. He was born in the Vologda region, in the village of Timonikha. His first book was the book of poems «My Little Forest Village» (1961).
		Olga Fokina, poet Olga Aleksandrovna Fokina is a well-known poetess, the author of thirty books of verses and poems, including «Syr-bor», «A small island», «Matitsa», «I shall be a stalk», «On behalf of a sickle», «Over that over Toyma», «Selected», etc.
		Valery Gavrilin, composer The remarkable Russian composer Valery Gavrilin (1939 – 1999) takes the right place among the most glorified sons of the Vologda land - K. Batyushkov and V. Vereschagin, V. Gilyarovsky and N. Klyuyev, V. Shalamov and N. Rubtsov.
		Victor Korotayev, writer The poet Victor Korotayev (1939 – 1997) was born in Vologda. He spent his childhood which concurred with the war, in the village Lipovitsy of the Sokolsky region of Vologda Oblast. The grandmother has imparted Korotayev love to national creativity, native village.
		Vladimir Korbakov, artist Vladimir Korbakov (1922 – 2013) was born on June, 5, 1922 in Russia, in the village Kazarinovo of the Sokolsky district of the Vologda region. He always lived and worked in the Vologda until his death.
		Mikhail Kopyev, artist Mikhail Vasilievich Kopyev was born in 1947 in the city of Ufa near the Ural Mountains. After graduating from the Ufa State Institute of Arts, he taught at his alma mater before doing postgraduate work at the Repin Institute of Arts in Leningrad. Since 1986 Kopyev has lived and worked in the city of Vologda north of Moscow.
		Oleg Pakhomov, artist Oleg Pakhomov (1950 – 2012) was Soviet and Russian artist, designer of museum exhibitions, theatrical designer, a member of the Union of Artists of Russia, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
		Alexander Panteleev, artist Alexander Panteleev (1932 – 1990) was a Soviet painter, graphic artist, monumentalist, set designer. He entered the history of modern art as a master, to solve difficult problems the relationship of nature and civilization. The world of his images was extremely complex and diverse. Metaphors, allegories and symbols created a vocabulary of his individual artistic language.
		Jury Polovnikov, director Jury Polovnikov (1954 – 2003) was born in city of Sokol of the Vologda region. After the graduating from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography Jury Polovnikov has received the diploma of the director-documentalist. Jury Polovnikov has created about 80 films on cinema and a videofilm. Sacred places of the Vologda land – monasteries, churches, monuments of architecture – take the central place in Jury Polovnikov's creativity.
		Alexander Romanov, writer The poet Alexander Romanov (1930 – 1990) was born born in the Petryaevo village of Sokolsky District (Vologda Region) in the family of a village teacher. Romanov father was a teacher of Russian language and literature, he was killed during the war. Mother – collective farm.
		Nikolay Rubtsov, poet Nikolay Rubtsov (1936 – 1971), the famous Russian poet, was born in the village Emetsk of Arkhangelsk region. Rubtsov's father was the chief of the forestry, his mother, Alexandra Mikhaylovna, was a housewife. There were six children in the family.
		Leonid Schetnev, artist Artist-graphic Leonid Schetnev was born in 1942 in the town of Sokol in the Vologda region. He graduated from the Graphic Arts Faculty of the Kostroma Pedagogical Institute in 1981. His diploma was devoted to the ex-libris, his passion for the ex-libris began in 1967. Since then Leonid Schetnev has been a participant of numerous national and foreign exhibitions.
		Alexandr Shebunin, artist Sculptor and artist Alexander Shebunin was born in 1948 in the village Goreluhovo of Rilsky district of Kursk region. He studied at the Moscow Higher School of Industrial Art at the M. Aleshchenko, A. Solovyov, G. Korzhev. Participated in exhibitions since 1975. Member of the Union of Artists of Russia since 1980, Honored Artist of Russia in 1999.
		Varlam Shalamov, writer Varlam Shalamov (1907 – 1982), the Russian writer, was born in Vologda, to the family of Tikhon Shalamov, the priest of St. Sofia Cathedral. He studied in the Vologda grammar school, for two years he worked on a skinnery, in 1926 entered the Moscow state university, the department of the Soviet Law, but in 1928 was excluded «for concealment of the social origin».
		Valery Strahov, artist Artist Valery Strahov was born February 25, 1950 in Cherepovets. He studied at the Yaroslavl Art School (1972 – 1976) under the leadership of A. Churin, L. Patov, E. Smagin. Then he continued his studies at the Moscow State Art Institute of Surikov (1978 – 1983) under the direction of G. Tsyplakov, V. Zabelin, S. Chirkov.
		Dzhanna Tutundzhan, artist Dzhanna Tutundzhan (1931 – 2011) was a painter and graphic artist. She was a member of the Artists' Union of Russia (1964), Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1972), People's Artist of Russia (2004), corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Arts (2009). Tutundzhan was a participant of numerous art exhibitions in Russia and abroad.