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Govorkov, Viktor (1906-1974)
Viktor Ivanovich Govorkov was born in Vladivostok, and studied at the VKhUTEIN art institute in Moscow from 1926-1930 under the professors Gerasimov, Moor, and Favorsky.
His first exhibition was in 1931, and he immediately started working in the poster genre, where he was one one the leading artists in the Soviet Union during the 1940s and 1950s.
He was awarded the title Honoured artist (Заслуженный художник РСФСР) in 1971.