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# Anniversary of the death of sculptor Sergey Konenkov, who returned from the USA to the USSR
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/segodnia-godovshchina-smerti-russkogo-khudozhnika-i-skulptora-sergeia-timofeevicha-konionkova-kotoryi-ushel-na-98-godu-zhizni-9-dekabria-1971-goda/
- Published: 2017-12-09T14:26:12.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:56:19.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Moscow, Museums, People

Today is the anniversary of the death of the Russian artist and sculptor Sergey Timofeyevich Konenkov, who died in his 98th year on 9 December 1971\. The outstanding master lived and worked in the USA for more than twenty years. He returned to the USSR with all his works aboard a private ship allotted by Stalin's personal order. In Moscow there is a remarkable Konenkov Museum, housed in a building at the corner of Tverskaya and Tverskoy Boulevard, which was opened for the artist's centenary