Kochergin Nikolay Mikhailovich

Honored Artist of the RSFSR. Graphic artist, poster artist, theater artist, painter. In 1918 he graduated from the Stroganov Central Art and Industrial School. During the Civil War, he led a poster workshop in Kharkov, was one of the organizers of the Baku branch of the “Windows of Satire ROSTA”, then the Caucasian branch. He stood at the origins of the Soviet political poster. Since 1922 he lived in Leningrad. He designed performances at the Leningrad Puppet Theater and other theaters. During the war, he made posters for the creative association “Combat Pencil” and created drawings for postcards. N.M. Kochergin devoted more than 25 years to illustrating children's literature. The artist's works are in the Russian State Library (Moscow), in the State Central Public Library. NOT. Saltykov-Shchedrin.