Yevgeny Kamzolkin

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovich and the family name is Kamzolkin.

Yevgeny Kamzolkin
Born
Yevgeny Ivanovich Kamzolkin

19 February 1885
Moscow, Russian Empire
Died18 March 1957 (aged 72)
Pushkino, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Yevgeny Ivanovich Kamzolkin (Russian: Евгений Иванович Камзолкин; 19 February 1885 – 18 March 1957) was a Russian and Soviet artist-decorator, photographer, and creator of the hammer and sickle symbol later used in the state emblem of the Soviet Union.

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