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Vyacheslav Nikolaevich Zabelin (1935–2001) was a prominent Russian realist painter and a member of the Moscow River School.

Training
Zabelin was born and raised in Khamovniki, an old district of Moscow. After World War II Zabelin worked in the studio of M. A. Slanov. Zabelin's work was noticed by famous Russian artist Konstantin Yuon, who invited Zabelin to attend the Moscow Art School in 1956. In 1961, he enrolled in the Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute, the leading center of learning for Russian painters. Zabelin spent the next six years at the Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute, studying under Professor V. Tsyplakov, obtaining his diploma and continuing on to get his post-graduate degree.

Work
In 1967 Zabelin began teaching at the Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute. Zabelin was a major supporter of artistic education and training that was deeply rooted in tradition and achievement. He taught at the Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute until his death in 2001. He is best known for his use of vibrant color but his works exhibit many styles of Russian realist painting. Zabelin's works can be found in Russia's finest museums including a hall dedicated to him.

Awards
Partial list


 * Alexander Pushkin gold medal of the Creative Unions of Russia (1999)
 * Award for The Interior of the Annunciation Cathedral as the best work of 1980 in the Moscow Department of Artists' Union
 * Diploma awarded by the Academy of Arts of the USSR for his paintings The Petrovski Boulevard and The Bolshoi Theatre, 1987
 * Diploma awarded for the creation of the paintings that were on display at the VI Republican Art Exhibition "Soviet Russia" dedicated to the XXVI Congress on the CPSU, awarded by the Counsel of Ministers of the Russian Federation, 1981
 * Head of the Moscow painting section of the Moscow Union of Artists
 * Honoured Worker of Arts of the Russian Federation, 1990
 * Member of the Artist’s Union of the U.S.S.R
 * Member of the City Building Council
 * Silver Medal of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Art, July 10, 1995
 * Titled Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, by the Artists' Union of the Russian Federation