Polozov Dmitry Nikolaevich

Born in Roslavl into a merchant family. He graduated from secondary school here. Then he entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. At the Academy of Arts his teacher was the famous artist V. E. Makovsky. Since 1903, D.N. Polozov lived in Smolensk, taught at the gymnasium, took part in the work of the Smolensk City Museum, was closely acquainted with S.P. Sereda, who later became the People's Commissar of Agriculture of the RSFSR, and with the public figure and writer A.V. Zhirkevich. In 1915, D.N. Polozov moved to Minsk, where he created portraits of Yakub Kolas, Yanka Kupala and other Belarusian writers. He had a great personal friendship with Yanka Kupala. Since 1922, D.N. Polozov lived and worked in Leningrad.