Sokolov, Aleksandr Ivanovich (Russian), b. 1918
Born in Aleshki, Voronezh pr., 1918. Studied at the Leningrad Intermediate Art School 1937-39; at the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture/Repin Institute 1939-50, as post-grad. 1950-53. Active in Leningrad. Important shows include "Soviet Russia", Moscow, 1960. Died in Leningrad 1973.