Victor Efimovich Tsigal (russian: Виктор Ефимович Цигаль) (May 21, 1916 – March 21, 2005) was a Soviet painter. Tsigal was born into a Jewish family in

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in 1916. He became a noted painter and produced a large body of work in the

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style.

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1916 births 2005 deaths Soviet painters Jewish painters {{Russia-painter-stub