Talk:Boris Yefimov

Posters
If Efimov worked for the USSR, can someone explain why this particular poster is in English? Is this an "after-the-fact" translation, or were his posters used in English speaking countries as well? --Bletch 22:55, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I was wondering the very same thing. --babbage 09:18, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Ha, a year later and I show up to ask the same thing... Everyking 06:18, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Many of the posters/cartoons during the time of war (and some, after the war) were reprinted with Enlish captions and forwarded to the commitees in the West (Europe and US) to be disseminated for propaganda purposes to help the war effort. Anchorite 15:31, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Still alive ?
Is this person still alive? Meursault2004 12:17, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes Kmorozov 05:21, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I remember him dancing on his 105th birthday. --Ghirla -трёп- 08:32, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Wow ... Meursault2004 09:51, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

He died recently. I have to look at the dates.... Anchorite 15:31, 23 May 2006 (UTC) No, he's still alive. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.140.1.67 (talk) 16:12, 15 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Spoof. Here's his review of an exhibition held in December 2005. -- Ghirla -трёп-  07:41, 24 May 2006 (UTC)


 * At his 106th birthday

Moscvitch 22:18, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

He was born in 1900 and is currently still alive and well... as well as someone could be at the age of 107.

-G —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.117.158.83 (talk) 18:35, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Is birthdate accurate?
The entry says Sept 28. However, this article states he celebrated 107th birthday "this week". I doublechecked the Hebrew calendar, and the 28th of Sept in 1900 was Tishrei 5, which would have been Sept 17th this year, so that isn't the discrepancy. Gavroche42 18:00, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
 * But maybe he celebrated late, meaning after his actual birthday: possible, no? Extremely sexy 12:53, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
 * The NY Times obituary says he was 109 when he died: "In dispatches about his death, his age was first reported as 108, then corrected by his family." This implies he was born in 1899. Languagehat (talk) 14:40, 5 October 2008 (UTC)


 * The birthdate of Sept. 17/Sept. 28 may be an "old style"/"new style" issue--the Sept. 17 date would be the Julian calendar date; Sept. 28 the Gregorian calendar date. Ryoung 122 01:46, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

New video
http://news.ntv.ru/127345/ --Moscvitch (talk) 00:41, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Deletion
Article deleted??!! 213.184.9.67 (talk) 13:57, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Born in 1899 or 1900?
I wasn't sure how to handle this situation, so I matched the Infobox (and ending content) with the introductory content. I'm not certain which year Efimov was born, so I'll let others decide. GoodDay (talk) 15:51, 5 October 2008 (UTC)


 * He's been reported to be born in 1900 for quite some time. At this point we have no evidence to support 1899 other than the family now says so...however, given his age was less than 110 it's not a huge issue. Ryoung 122 01:47, 7 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Several sources do say 1900:

http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/7162/

Cartoonist Boris Efimov Aged 108 Passes Away 1.10.2008

The well-known Soviet and Russian political cartoonist and artist Boris Efimov, aged 108, died on the night of October 1st in Moscow. Just a few days before Boris Efimov had celebrated his 108th birthday.

Boris Efimov (Fridlyand) was born on 15 (28) September 1900 in Kiev. He started drawing very early, from about the age of five. In 1918 Efimov’s caricatures on poet Alexander Blok first time appeared in Zritel (Spectator) journal. From 1922 the artist moved to Moscow, where he worked for newspapers Pravda and Izvestia and the satiric journal Crocodile. From 1941 on he returned to the genre of political caricature and took an active part in propaganda campaigns of the Soviet Regime. From August 2002 he headed the caricature art department of the Russian Academy of Arts. In 2006 Boris Efimov partook in preparation of the book Autograph of the Century. On 28th September 2007, on his 107th birthday, he was assigned the principal artist of the Izvestia newspaper. Source: newsru.com

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His tomb: http://moscow-tombs.narod.ru/2008/efimov_be.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by Moscvitch (talk • contribs) 02:50, 19 November 2009 (UTC)