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Okhrim Ivanovych Sudomora (March 19, 1889, Boryspil - October 13, 1968, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian Soviet graphic artist and poster artist.

Biography
He was born on March 19, 1889 in the city of Boryspil (now Kyiv region, Ukraine). From 1904-1907, he studied at the icon-painting studio of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra under Ivan Izhakevych, and from 1907-1913 at the Kyiv Art Institute.

From 1913, he worked in book design, illustrated children's books for Kyiv (later Vienna and Prague) publishing houses "Chas", "Dniprosoiuz", "Dzvin", "Vernyhora"; from 1913 to 1914 he designed the magazine Siaivo and numerous children's fairy tales (among them, The War of Mushrooms and Beetles, 1919). From 1924, he worked for the Kharkiv and Kyiv publishing houses Shliakh Osvity, Knyhospilka, Radianske Selo (1924-1934), Radianska Shkola (1935-1941), and the journals Zhovten and Pioneria.

From 1941 to 1943, he worked in the publishing house of the newspaper Nove Ukrainske Slovo, which was published during the occupation of Kharkiv. In 1943, he moved to Lviv and illustrated the magazine "Mali druzi" (Little Friends) and children's fairy tales for the Ukrainian Publishing House. From 1945 to 1948, he worked at the Kharkiv Regional Book and Newspaper Publishing House, as well as at the Agricultural Publishing House of the Ukrainian SSR and at Radianska Shkola, and so on. In 1949, the artist was sentenced to 25 years for an illustration of Joseph Stalin, whose hands were covered in blood. He was amnestied in 1955.

According to one account, the artist was shot by NKVD officers at the place of detention. However, according to his grandson, Oleh, Okhrim Ivanovych lived with his wife P. E. Sudomora, hi son Iuri, and daughter Kateryna, in Kyiv on Vozdvyzhensky Lane until 1955. He died in 1968 and is buried in the Pechersk (Zvirynets) cemetery.

Works

 * «Сам собі пан» (Mr. Himself) Boris Hrinchenko (1924);
 * «Кобзар» (Kobzar) Taras Shevchenko, (1927);
 * «Сійся, родися, жито, пшениця» (Sow, be born, rye, wheat) Ostap Vyshnia (1929);

He illustrated works by Alexander Pushkin, Natalia Zabila, and Ukrainian folk tales (Kyrylo Kozhumiak). He made a number of posters, including "Hei siudy, divchata zhyvo...!" (Hey here, girls alive…!) (early 1920s).