| Born in Leningrad in 1947, Alex Shagin studied at the Vera Muchina School of Arts and Design. Later, as a sculptor-engraver at the Leningrad Mint, he was allowed a wider artistic latitude than some Soviet colleague. However, as a Russian Jew, he had religious beliefs that brought him under constant government surveillance. His medal honoring the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz space project was presented to the American Astronauts during their visit to the Soviet Union. Although Shagin was to have designed th (showing 500 of 17969 characters). |
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