Khristolyubov Nikolay

In 1939 he enrolled in the Sverdlovsk Art College and in 1940 he transferred to the Moscow Art College named of Memory of 1905. His study was interrupted by the World War II.
In 1942-1945 he was the art director of the Leningrad Operetta Theatre and of the Moscow Arts Drama Theatre, both evacuated to Yakutsk.
In 1945 he enrolled into Moscow Art Institute of V.I.Surikov and in 1949 graduated it with honors from the Art department of V.P.Efanov.
In 1962 the artist travelled to Vietnam,
In 1964 - to Mongolia, in 1972 - to Spain, in 1975 - to Italy.