Mikhail Konstantinovich Anikushin (; 19 September 1917, Moscow – 18 May 1997,

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sculptor. Among his most famous works are a monument to

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at Pushkinskaya Station of the

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(1954), a monument to Alexander Pushkin at Arts Square in

(1957), and a monument to

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at Moskovskaya Square in Saint Petersburg. A

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3358 Anikushin discovered by Soviet astronomer

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in 1978 is named after him.Dictionary of Minor Planet Names - p.280
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1917 births 1997 deaths Members of the Central Auditing Commission of the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Members of the Central Auditing Commission of the 24th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union 20th-century Russian sculptors Full Members of the Russian Academy of Arts Full Members of the USSR Academy of Arts Leningrad Secondary Art School alumni Repin Institute of Arts alumni Heroes of Socialist Labour People's Artists of the USSR (visual arts) Recipients of the Lenin Prize Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Russian male sculptors Soviet sculptors {{Russia-sculptor-stub

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