Leo Lankinen

Leo Lankinen (Langinen) (Russian: Лео Фомич Ла́нкинен, Leo Fomich Lankinen) (13 July 1926 – 17 December 1996) was a Karelian sculptor and painter.^[1][2][3]

Leo Lankinen

Cross of Sorrow

His last work was the Cross of Sorrow, a memorial dedicated to Soviet and Finnish soldiers perished in the Winter War of 1939-1940.

Awards and recognition

• 2006: Karelian State Prize in Arts (posthumously)^[4]
• Ilya Repin State Prize^[3]
• 1986: Full member of the USSR Academy of Arts^[2]
• 1968: People's Artist of RSFSR^[2]
• 1967: Gold Medal of the USSR Academy of Arts, for the cycle "Мой современник" of portraits (<Сиркка>, <Спортсмен Миша Попов>, <Комсомолка 30-х годов>, <Помор>, <Тойво Антикайнен>) ^[2]
• 1959: Meritorious Artist of RSFSR

The house in Petrozavodsk where he lived during 1960-1996 ( №16, ул. Куйбышева) bears a memorial plaque dedicated to him.^[2]

In 2003 a collection Скульптор Лео Ланкинен was published, of memoirs of Zurab Tsereteli, Tair Salakhov, philologist Eino Karhu [ru], sculptor Boris Plenkin [ru], and others about the sculptor.^[2][5]