Mikhail Petrovich Olenin (Russian: Михаил Петрович Оленин; 25 April [O.S.

13 April] 1896 — 4 November 1970) was a Soviet realist sculptor who made many busts of famous pilots and doctors.

[1][2] In 1914 he entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture and later studied at Vkhutemas.

[3] Under the instructions of Alexander Golovanov, he made busts of Soviet pilots of World War II.

He made busts of many famous pilots, including but not limited to double Heroes of the Soviet Union Aleksey Alelyukhin, Amet-khan Sultan, Vladimir Lavrinenkov, Alexander Molodchy, and Nikolai Skomorokhov.