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Shaikhet, Arkadii Samoilovich
Born Aug. 28 (Sept. 9), 1898, in Nikolaev; died Nov. 18, 1959, in Moscow. Soviet photographer; one of the founders of Soviet photojournalism. From 1922 to 1924, Shaikhet worked as a retoucher in a private photographer’s studio in Moscow. Beginning in 1924 he contributed to the magazines Ogonek, SSSR na stroike, and Nashi dostizheniia. An important series of his photographs constitutes a chronicle of the first five-year plans. During the Great Patriotic War of 1941–45, Shaikhet took many pictures at the front. Shaikhet was awarded two orders and various medals. REFERENCEAleksandrov, A. I., and A. A. Shaikhet. Arkadii Shaikhet. [Moscow, 1973.]Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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