Graffiti on buildings in Kharkov

Kharkov artists painted a series of works called "Pride of Kharkiv" dedicated to the 70th anniversary of liberation from Nazi invaders. For his latest work, they chose a frame from the film "go to fight some" old ", namely the portrait of Leonid Bykov. Examples of other works you can see under the cut.

Previously, graffiti artists have painted portraits of Soviet lёtchitsy Grizodubova Valentina, singer Claudia Shulzhenko and physicist and Nobel Prize winner Lev Landau. Next famous Kharkov, whose portrait will adorn one of the Kharkov buildings - Lyudmila Gurchenko. A place for artists painting yet chosen, told in "Ku-2».

Leonid Bykov was born in 1928 in the village of Znamenskoye Donetsk region. He graduated from the Kharkov Theatre Institute in 1951. From 1951 to 1960 he worked at the Kharkov State Academic Theatre named after Shevchenko. After - actor and rezhiscёrom on "Lenfilm" studio and film studio Dovzhenko. Starred in "Tiger Tamer", "Maksim Perepelitsa", "Aleshkin Love", "go to fight some" old "," Aty-Baty, were soldiers. " Leonid Bykov was killed in a car accident in April 1979.