Kyiv
Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...
. In 1943-1946, he studied at the Kyiv State Art Institute under Karp Trokhimenko. In 1948-1973, he was a faculty of the same institute.
Khmelko is known for his Socialist Realism paintings: ''Unification of the Ukrainian Lands'' (1939-1949), ''Drink A Toast for the Great Russian People'' (1947), ''Triumph of the Victorious Motherland'' (1949), ''Forever with Moscow. Forever with Russian people'' (1951). He is also the author of the
diorama
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''Medical Help in the
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
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army'' of the Kyiv Museum of Medicine.
In the 1970s, he began to abuse alcohol, which led to his dismissal from the art institute. In 1986, he began working on his autobiography, but it remained a draft. With the beginning of perestroika, the demand for the artist's paintings of party and military figures disappeared, the artist was hardly experiencing the collapse of the USSR, and family problems began. This, as well as alcohol abuse, led to Khmelko's death on January 15, 1996, after a long illness.