Andrei Aleksandrovich Drevin (; 26 August 1921 — 7 April 1996) was a

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. His parents were prominent Russian painter

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and Latvian painter

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. As his father was executed by the

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in 1938 and his mother became a

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in the world of

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, Andrei Drevin had found it difficult to establish himself as an artist. However he overcame these challenges and became well known in

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due to his monument to

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which was erected near Patriarshiye Ponds.

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1921 births 1996 deaths Artists from Moscow Russian people of Latvian descent 20th-century Russian male artists Russian male sculptors Soviet sculptors {{Russia-sculptor-stub