Mikhail Anikushin

Mikhail Konstantinovich Anikushin (Russian: Михаил Константинович Аникушин; 19 September 1917, Moscow – 18 May 1997, Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet and Russian sculptor. Among his most famous works are a monument to Alexander Pushkin at Pushkinskaya Station of the Saint Petersburg Metro (1954), a monument to Alexander Pushkin at Arts Square in Saint Petersburg (1957), and a monument to Vladimir Lenin at Moskovskaya Square in Saint Petersburg.

A minor planet 3358 Anikushin discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Chernykh in 1978 is named after him.[1]

See also

• List of Russian artists
• Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
• 1957 in art

References

1. Dictionary of Minor Planet Names - p.280