Semyon Afanasyevich Chuikov

Semyon Afanasyevich Chuikov (Russian: Семён Афанасьевич Чуйков; 30 October 1902 – 18 May 1980) was a Soviet, Russian and Kyrgyz artist, painter, teacher. He held the title People's Artist of the USSR (1963) and a laureate of two Stalin Prizes (1949, 1951). He is one of the founders of modern fine art in Kyrgyzstan.