Peter Kuzmich Vaulin (1870-1943) was a

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ceramics artist active in the first half of the twentieth century He originally worked in ceramic workshop of Savva Ivanovich Mamontov in the

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near

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from 1890 to 1904. Then in 1906 set up an industrial workshop in Kikerino,

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in 1906. Following the

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he was appointed commissioner of Lomonosov Porcelain Works in 1918 whilst at the same time being the technical director of Gorn Works, Kikerino, until 1930. He acted as adviser of Proletarian Porcelain Works from 1930. His major works include: * the decorative portal of the

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's library (1911–13) * a panel on the front of the Zakharov family's apartment house (17 Klinsky Avenue) (1912–13) * the portal and dome facing of the

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, (1910–17) He was a chemical engineer and wrote works on ceramics technology. He also taught at the

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Art and Design School. In 1943 he was charged with collusion with fascists and was sent to prison where he died. He was rehabilitated after the

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File:Мозайка над главным входом.jpg, Entrance to the Library, Institute of Experimental Medicine, 2016 File:Saint_Petersburg_Mosque_-_02.jpg, Detail from the St Petersburg Mosque

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vaulin, Peter 1870 births 1943 deaths Soviet chemical engineers 20th-century ceramists Russian ceramists Russian people who died in prison custody