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Zurab Tsereteli
Zurab Konstantinovich Tsereteli was a Georgian painter, sculptor and architect known for large-scale and at times controversial monuments. Tsereteli served as the President of the Russian Academy of Arts from 1997 until his death.
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culture · Georgian artist (1934–2025) · painter · sculptor · architect · visual artist · art educator · designer · also Zurab Tsereteli, Zurab Konstantinovich Tsereteli, Zourab Tsereteli, Tsereteli
Born 4 January 1934 · Died 22 April 2025 · Q1358703
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2025· 7 entries
The Art Newspaper: Zurab Tsereteli, Georgian-born artist and Russian patriot, has died aged 91
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Yahoo Finance: Zurab Tsereteli, Internationally Acclaimed Artist and Friend of Wolf Popper LLP, Dies at 91
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eng.belta: Lukashenko extends condolences over demise of Zurab Tsereteli
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Indiatimes: Zurab Tsereteli, whose monumental works won over Russian elites, dies aged 91
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Yahoo: Georgian-Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli, known for his gigantic and controversial work, dies at 91
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Died 2025-04-22.
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2019· 2 entries
Awarded Friendship Order (2019).
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The Financial: “Charlie Chaplin in Tbilisi” – Zurab Tsereteli’s personal exhibition was opened
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (2014).
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2012· 1 entry
Tsereteli founded the Museum of Modern Art in Tbilisi, Georgia
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2011· 1 entry
Received two awards from the Roman Academy of Fine Arts: the "For Life in Art" Prize and the International Giuseppe Sciacca Award for significant contribution to the arts
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class (2010).
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Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (2010).
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2007· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Bernardo O'Higgins (2007).
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2006· 2 entries
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (2006).
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Tsereteli unveiled his monument To the Struggle Against World Terrorism, or The Tear of Grief, in Bayonne, New Jersey
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2005· 3 entries
Awarded Order of Akhmad Kadyrov (2005).
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Awarded Officer of Arts and Letters (2005).
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Holocaust was donated by Russia to Israel and opened in Jerusalem
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2002· 1 entry
Awarded Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural Gabriela Mistral (2002).
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2001· 1 entry
The Gallery of Arts of Tsereteli was opened in Moscow
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1999· 1 entry
Becoming the first state museum in the country entirely dedicated to modern and contemporary art
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1998· 1 entry
Won Astana Medal (1998).
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1996· 2 entries
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (1996).
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Awarded State Prize of the Russian Federation in Literature and the Arts (1996).
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1995· 1 entry
In celebration of the European discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus
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1994· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Friendship of Peoples (1994).
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Awarded People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1994).
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1990· 3 entries
Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (1990).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1990).
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Good Defeats Evil, Tsereteli's interpretation of St
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1982· 1 entry
Awarded USSR State Prize (1982).
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1981· 1 entry
Became a professor at his alma mater, the Tbilisi Academy of Arts
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1980· 3 entries
Awarded People's Painter of the USSR (1980).
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Awarded Order of Friendship of Peoples (1980).
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Tsereteli was appointed the chief designer for the XXII Summer Olympic Games in Moscow
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1976· 1 entry
Awarded Lenin Prize (1976).
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1970· 1 entry
Awarded USSR State Prize (1970).
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1934· 1 entry
Born 1934-01-04.
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