Shvetsov Valerii

Valerii Shvetsov (born 25 May 1940 in Shtergres, now Shterivka in Luhansk Oblast) is a Ukrainian sculptor, professor, Honored Art Worker of Ukraine and member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. The Ukrainian Wikipedia article describes him as an author of monumental and easel sculpture, small-form sculpture and a teacher at the National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture.

In numismatics his name is primarily connected with the 1997 commemorative coin Solomiia Krushelnytska. The article on Shvetsov lists this coin among his small-form works, while coin cards name Valerii Shvetsov as the coin’s artist; the relief was sculpted by Stefan Novotny. For UA Coins this is an early example of a portrait commemorative coin where the experience of a monumental sculptor is translated into a small metal format.