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Petro Kuzmych Stoliarenko was a Ukrainian painter. He was born on July 13, 1925 in the village of Kapkany in Crimea. Starting in 1945 he studied at the art studio of the I.K. Aivazovskyi Feodosia Art Gallery under M. Barsamov. Starting in 1948 he participated in exhibitions, including republic (starting in 1952), all-Union (starting in 1953), and abroad. Starting in 1953 he was a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1972), People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1985). From 1990 to 1995 he worked in Paris. In 2010 he was awarded the gold medal "For Contribution to World Culture" of the International Fund "Cultural Heritage". The landscape, marine, still lifes and thematic paintings painter. His works are kept in museums and private collections in Ukraine and abroad. He lived and worked in Yalta. He died on June 17, 2018.