Mikhail Anikushin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mikhail Anikushin

Russian artist

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1917

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 18-Mar-1997

Profession: painter, sculptor

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Mikhail Konstantinovitch Anikushin (Russian: ?????? ?????????????? ????????; (19 September 1917, Moscow – 18 May 1997, Saint Petersburg) was a famous Soviet 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), a monument to Vladimir Lenin at Moskovskaya Square in Saint Petersburg. A minor planet 3358 Anikushin discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh in 1978 is named after him.