Nikas Stepanovich Safronov (russian: Ни́кас Степа́нович Сафро́нов; born April 8, 1956,

Ulyanovsk Ulyanovsk, known until 1924 as Simbirsk, is a city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River east of Moscow. Population: The city, founded as Simbirsk (), was the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin (born ...

Никас Сафронов восстанавливает церковь в Турции
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artist. He has been given the title of

Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii'') is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is ...

Nikas Safronov was born in 1956 in

in a poor family of a retired military man, his family had six children. He graduated from Moscow State Surikov Academy of Fine Arts. His first exhibition was held in 1978. A series of psychological portraits of contemporaries brought him great renown. Nikas calls his painting style Dream Vision.НИКАС САФРОНОВ: Я ЖЕНАТ НА ЖИВОПИСИ
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State and public awards

For his achievements in painting Nikas Safronov was awarded the titles: * Honored Artist of Russia * Academician of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts * Professor of

Ulyanovsk State University Ulyanovsk State University (russian: Ульяновский государственный университет, romanized: ''Ulyanovskiy gosudarstvennyy universitet'') (USU) is a public, research university, located in Ulyanovsk, Russia. T ...

* Honorary citizen of

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Safronov, Nikas 1956 births Living people Russian painters Russian male painters People from Ulyanovsk Full Members of the Russian Academy of Arts Soviet painters Russian portrait painters