Leo Lankinen

Leo Lankinen (Langinen) (Лео Фомич Ла́нкинен, Leo Fomich Lankinen) (13 July 1926 – 17 December 1996) was a Karelian sculptor and painter.

His last work was the Cross of Sorrow, a memorial dedicated to Soviet and Finnish soldiers  perished in the Winter War of 1939-1940.

Awards and recognition

 * 2006: Karelian State Prize in Arts (posthumously)
 * Ilya Repin State Prize
 * 1986: Full member of the USSR Academy of Arts
 * 1968: People's Artist of RSFSR
 * 1967: Gold Medal of the USSR Academy of Arts, for the cycle "Мой современник" of portraits (<Сиркка>, <Спортсмен Миша Попов>, <Комсомолка 30-х годов>, <Помор>, <Тойво Антикайнен>)
 * 1959: Meritorious Artist of RSFSR

The house in Petrozavodsk where he lived during 1960-1996 ( №16, ул. Куйбышева) bears a memorial plaque dedicated to him.

In 2003 a collection Скульптор Лео Ланкинен was published, of memoirs of Zurab Tsereteli, Tair Salakhov, philologist, sculptor , and others about the sculptor.