Leo Lankinen
{{short description|Russian sculptor}}
Leo Lankinen (Langinen) ({{langx|ru|Лео Фомич Ла́нкинен}}, Leo Fomich Lankinen) (13 July 1926 – 17 December 1996) was a Karelian sculptor and painter.Калинин Е. С. Художники Карелии, Petrozavodsk, 2000, pp.150—151, {{ISBN|978-5-8430-0051-6}}Карелия: энциклопедия, (Karelia: The Encyclopedia) vol. 2, Petrozavodsk, PetroPress Publishers, 2009, {{ISBN|978-5-8430-0125-4}}[http://gov.karelia.ru/Karelia/1487/18.html "Незабываемый Лео Ланкинен"], Karelia, No. 61, June 8, 2006
His last work was the Cross of Sorrow, a memorial dedicated to Soviet and Finnish soldiers perished in the Winter War of 1939-1940.
Awards and recognition
- 2006: Karelian State Prize in Arts (posthumously)[http://gov.karelia.ru/Karelia/1492/30.html "УКАЗ ГЛАВЫ РЕСПУБЛИКИ КАРЕЛИЯ"], Karelia, No. 66, June 22, 2006
- Ilya Repin State Prize
- 1986: Full member of the USSR Academy of Arts
- 1968: People's Artist of RSFSR
- 1967: Gold Medal of the USSR Academy of Arts, for the cycle "Мой современник" of portraits (<Сиркка>, <Спортсмен Миша Попов>, <Комсомолка 30-х годов>, <Помор>, <Тойво Антикайнен>)
- 1959: Meritorious Artist of RSFSR
The house in Petrozavodsk where he lived during 1960-1996 ( №16, ул. Куйбышева) bears a memorial plaque dedicated to him.
In 2003 a collection Скульптор Лео Ланкинен was published, of memoirs of Zurab Tsereteli, Tair Salakhov, philologist {{Interlanguage link multi|Eino Karhu|ru|3=Карху, Эйно Генрихович}}, sculptor {{Interlanguage link multi|Boris Plenkin|ru|3=Пленкин, Борис Алексеевич}}, and others about the sculptor.Скульптор Лео Ланкинен ed. Zifa Yusupova (Зифа Юсупова), Petrozavodsk, 2003
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Category:20th-century Russian sculptors
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