Gregory Orekhov
Gregory Orekhov was born in 1976 in Moscow in the fam-
ily of the great sculptor, People’s artist of the Russian Fed-
eration, Academician Yury Grigorievich Orekhov (1927–2001).
From early childhood, Gregory Orekhov learnt from his
father while working with him in the academic studio, which
enabled him to master various sculpture techniques. His
most significant works include: participation in reconstruc-
tion of the sculptural decoration of the Cathedral of Christ
the Savior (1996–2001); co-author of A.S. Pushkin Monument
in Minsk (2000); the bust of Leonid Kogan for the Moscow
Conservatory (2014); architectural steles placed at the
entrance to Moscow, that became an official symbol of Mos-
cow region (2015).
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