Vasyl Borodai
| Vasyl Borodai Василь Захарович Бородай |
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| 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; born 18 August 1917 in Yekaterinoslav, Russian Republic – died 19 April 2010 in Kiev, Ukraine) 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.
The Motherland Monument (1981)
Monument of the Great October Revolution (1977)
Monument to Lesya Ukrainka (1965)
"And Mother awaits..." (Kiev Oblast)
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