Yuri Pavlovich Shvets (; born in

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1902 – 1972) was a Soviet cinematic artist, famous for art and scenery especially of fantasy and science-fiction films. As a youth, Shvets held several jobs, then studied at and graduated from both the Music and Drama Institute of Mykola Lysenko and the Arts Institute in

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at Fandom.ru, reproduced from ''Техника-молодежи.''- ╧ 5.- С. 10-11, 21. The scientific accuracy of Shvets' work was praised by the Russian rocket scientist

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when the two met in 1934. Shvets did artwork for over fifty films, including: * (1935) ''

Kosmicheskiy reys ''Cosmic Voyage'' or ''The Space Voyage'' () is a 1936 Soviet science fiction silent film produced by Mosfilm. It was one of the earliest films to represent a realistic spaceflight, including weightlessness as well as one of the last Soviet silent ...

'' (''Cosmic Journey'' or ''Space flight'') * (1935) ''Novii Gulliver'' (''

The New Gulliver ''The New Gulliver'' (, ''Novyy Gullivyer'') is a Soviet stop motion-animated cartoon, and the first to make such extensive use of puppet animation, running almost all the way through the film (it begins and ends with short live-action sequences). ...

'') * (1959) ''

Nebo Zovyot Nebo Zovyot (, Transliteration, translit. Nebo zovyot, lit. ''The Sky Beckons'' or ''The Heavens Beckon'') is a 1959 Soviet science fiction adventure film directed by Aleksandr Kozyr and Mikhail Karyukov. It was filmed at Dovzhenko Film Stud ...

'' (''The Sky Calls'') * (1951) ''Вселенная'' (''Universe'') * (1965) ''

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'' (''Moon'') * (1968) '' Марс'' (''Mars'')

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1902 births 1972 deaths Artists from Poltava Soviet production designers Ukrainian science fiction artists Ukrainian fantasy artists Space artists 20th-century Ukrainian painters 20th-century Ukrainian male artists Ukrainian male painters Mass media people from Poltava {{artdirector-stub