Isaak Abramovich Mendelevich (Russian: Исаак Абрамович Менделевич; 28 November [O.S.

16 November] 1887 – 9 September 1952) was a Soviet realist sculptor who made many statues of famous Soviet politicians, artists, and military figures.

[1] In Russia, he studied under the famous sculptors Konstantin Krakht and Anna Golubkina.

[4] He made sculptures depicting many famous people of the Soviet Union, including Vladimir Lenin, Mikhail Frunze, Yakov Sverdlov, Alexander Pushkin, Maxim Gorky, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Mikhail Lermontov, Sergey Chaplygin, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Mikhail Tarkhanov, Akaki Khorava, Ivan Moskvin, Prov Sadovsky, Valery Chkalov, Mikhail Gromov, and Vladimir Lavrinenkov.

[6][7][8][9] He was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1942 for his statue of Hero of the Soviet Union pilot Valery Chkalov.