- known as
- painter, sculptor, architect, visual artist, art educator, designer
- fields
- art of sculpture, visual art activity, painting
- awards
- USSR State Prize, 1970, Order of Lenin, 1990, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, 1994, Hero of Socialist Labour, 1990, Knight of the Legion of Honour, 2010, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class, 2010, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class, 2006, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class, 1996, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class, 2014, People's Painter of the USSR, 1980, Order of Friendship of Peoples, 1980, Lenin Prize, 1976, Order of Akhmad Kadyrov, 2005, Friendship Order, 2019, Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural Gabriela Mistral, 2002, Order of Bernardo O'Higgins, 2007, Officer of Arts and Letters, 2005, Astana Medal, 1998, State Prize of the Russian Federation in Literature and the Arts, 1996, Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour, USSR State Prize, 1982, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Order of the Serbian Flag, Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude, Order of Civil Merit, Order of Honour, Badge of Honor "For Merit fo Moscow", Order of Friendship of Peoples, 1994, Prize of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude
- member of
- Artists' Union of the USSR, Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, first Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, second Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, third Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, fourth Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation
- notable works
- Freedom Monument in Tbilisi, Russia–Georgia Friendship Monument
