93,728 profiles ranked live

Back to the boardThe board

Boris Yefimov

✓ Source-basedrising

Soviet and Russian political and propaganda artist (1900-2008)

ArtistsLived 1900 to 2008 · aged 108
Compare
Fame53.4
Momentum3.8
Languages25
In century#25,728

Boris Yefimovich Yefimov was a Soviet and Russian political cartoonist best known for his critical political caricatures of Adolf Hitler and other Nazis produced before and during the Second World War, and was the chief illustrator of the newspaper Izvestia.

Also inDeutsch

Photos 3

"Karl Marks, I swear to God, never wrote such things" by Yefimov (1924)"Karl Marks, I swear to God, never wrote such things" by Yefimov (1924)"Harvest-bogatyr" by Yefimov (1957) on a 2025 stamp of Russia"Harvest-bogatyr" by Yefimov (1957) on a 2025 stamp of Russia

Awards 31

2005Order of Honour
2005Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
1998Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
1995Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
1990Hero of Socialist Labour
1990Order of Lenin
1985Order of the October Revolution
1985Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
1980Order of Lenin
1976Order of Lenin
1975Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
1972USSR State Prize
1970Order of the Red Banner of Labour
1970Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
1967Order of the Badge of Honour
1967People's Painter of the USSR
1965Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
1962Order of the Red Banner of Labour
1960Order of the Red Banner of Labour
1958People's Painter of the RSFSR
1951Stalin Prize
1950Stalin Prize
1948Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
1932Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Order of Cyril and Methodius
Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude
Russian Federation Government Certificate of Honour

In their orbit 1

Connected to Boris 6

Aleksandr DeynekaAlso won People's Painter of the RSFSRBorys PatonAlso won Order of Cyril and MethodiusTikhon KhrennikovAlso won Order of Cyril and MethodiusMartiros SaryanAlso won People's Painter of the USSRIgor GrabarAlso won People's Painter of the RSFSRIlya GlazunovAlso won People's Painter of the RSFSR

About this person

Boris Yefimovich Yefimov was a Soviet and Russian political cartoonist best known for his critical political caricatures of Adolf Hitler and other Nazis produced before and during the Second World War, and was the chief illustrator of the newspaper Izvestia. During his 90-year career he produced more than 70,000 drawings.

Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1900 to 2008 · aged 108
Written about in
25 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.