Mykhaylo Khmelko

In 1943-1946, he studied at the Kyiv State Art Institute under Karp Trokhimenko.

Khmelko is known for his Socialist Realism paintings: Unification of the Ukrainian Lands (1939-1949), Drink A Toast for the Great Russian People (1947), Triumph of the Victorious Motherland (1949), Forever with Moscow.

[1] He is also the author of the diorama Medical Help in the Bohdan Khmelnytsky army of the Kyiv Museum of Medicine.

[2] In the 1970s, he began to abuse alcohol, which led to his dismissal from the art institute.

This, as well as alcohol abuse, led to Khmelko's death on January 15, 1996, after a long illness.