Sablin Vasiliy Ivanovich
Studied at the Ryazansk Art College (1965- 1972). Worked as artist-decorator at the Diesellocomotive Works in Kolomna, Moscow Province, from 1972-1975. Studied at the V. I. Surikov State Institute in Moscow (1975-1981) with V. G. Tsyplakov, V. N. Zabelin. Was sent to Ulyanovsk in 1981. Member of the Artists’ Union of the USSR (from 1988 on).