Ivan Kavaleridze

Ivan Petrovych Kavaleridze (Ukrainian Іван Петрович Кавалерідзе; 13 April [O.S.

1 April] 1887 – 3 December 1978) was a Ukrainian - Soviet sculptor, filmmaker, film director, playwright and screenwriter.

Kavaleridze was born in Ladanskyi (now Novopetrivka, Romny Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine).

[1] He descended from a Georgian family transplanted by a Russian general into Ukraine in the middle of the 19th century.

[6] Shevchenko's statue, which was erected opposite Kyiv University, became a location for nationalist demonstrations during the 1960s and 1980s.