Soviet Ukrainian painter. Member of the USSR Academy of Arts. He was born on January 1, 1929 in Baku. He graduated from the Azerbaijan Art School named after Azim Azimzadeh (1949) and the Kiev Art Institute (1955). Diploma work canvas “Arrest Sverdlov.” Teachers by specialty – M. Sharonov, S. Erzhikovsky, O. Sirotenko, M. Ivanov, K. Trokhimenko, A. Chichkan. Member of the CPSU. He worked in the easel painting industry. The main works: “The Last Leaf” (1957); “From the environment” (1960); “Not a step back” (1964); “Countrymen” (1967); “It was 1918” and others. Participated in republican exhibitions since 1957. The works are in many public and private collections in Ukraine and abroad.
Photo: А.А. Yanin (1929-2001). The arrest of Ya. M. Sverdlov