Vasyl Kasiyan

Vasyl Illich Kasiian (; 1 January 1896 – 26 June 1976) was a Soviet and Ukrainian painter, graphic, parliamentary, People's Painter of the USSR, academician of the Academy of Arts of the Soviet Union. A native of Eastern Galicia, he was a World War I veteran. While studying in Academy of Fine Arts, Prague in 1920s, Kasiian was a student of Czech painter Max Švabinský. External links Vasyl Kasiian in the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia Yankovska, O.V. Kasiian Vasyl Illich (КАСІЯН ВАСИЛЬ ІЛЛІЧ). Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. 1896 births 1976 deaths 20th-century Ukrainian politicians People from Sniatyn Artists from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Academy of Fine Arts, Prague alumni Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Full Members of the USSR Academy of Arts Second convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Sixth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Seventh convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Eighth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Ninth convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic Academic staff of the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts Academic staff of the National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture Heroes of Socialist Labour People's Artists of the USSR (visual arts) Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Shevchenko National Prize Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I Soviet illustrators Soviet painters Soviet printmakers Ukrainian Austro-Hungarians Ukrainian male painters Ukrainian printmakers Burials at Baikove Cemetery