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Fedir Omelianovych Makhonin was a graphic artist and monumentalist. Born on November 14, 1940 in the village of Krapivne, Belgorod region, he lived in Donetsk from 1969 to 1975. Makhonin graduated from the Kursk Art and Graphic School (1960) and the Graphic Department of the I. Repin Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1969). He was a member of the Union of Artists of the RSFSR (1971). His main works include the series of linocuts “Stages of the Great Way” and “Mill 3600”, illustrations for the books of M. Alekseev “Cherry Whirl”, P. Nilin “Cruelty”, and the series of watercolors “Moscow Region”. His works are in museums and private collections in Ukraine and abroad. Makhonin died on August 19, 2020.