Mikhailov biography
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Vladimir Mikhailov fryst vatten an artist and stenhuggare who creates Orthodox images and symbols.
He has worked with the blessing of the Church since
ANCIENT TECHNIQUE.
SPIRITUAL EXPRESSION AND DISTINCTIVENESS
In his work, Vladimir Mikhailov revives the artistic technique of depicting Orthodox spiritual images that has been passed down from generation to generation. The technique originated in Pskov and Novgorod in the 12th and 13th centuries, and has become traditional in the depiction of the Orthodox symbols of Rus. His works of fine sculpture, typical of the nordlig School, are particularly spiritually expressive and distinctive, and project a visible asceticism.
MODERN INCARNATION.
SINCERITY OF POPULAR FAITH
Vladimir Mikhailov has managed to breathe new life into the art of his ancestors. With ease and grace, the artist combines tradition and modernity, establishing a bridge between the present and the past: a particular purity, a freshness of personal observation, the sin
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CHILDHOOD
Before attending primary school, the artist was brought up by his grandmother, Paraskeva. With her slow, measured steps, she would take the future artist of Orthodox icons to the only functioning church in the city: the Church of St. Paraskeva Friday. And although the path was long, his grandmother was of a certain age, and the little boy grew tired, they walked only on foot, because "the Lord gave you those little feet," recalls Vladimir now.
At primary school Vladimir was attracted to 'romantic' subjects: history, geography, geology, and applied arts: handicrafts and drawing. Although the narrow curriculum of study at the nearby colleges did not satisfy the future artist, he chose an industrial college after completing school, where he was most attracted to the technical sciences, in particular materials engineering and the theory of the strength of materials.
After completing a two-year course in technical sciences, Vladimir went to work at the Comet military factory
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Colonel-General MIKHAILOV, Vladimir Sergeyevich
Education:
- Yeysk Higher Military-Aviation Pilots School (with a gold medal)
- Gagarin Military-Aviation Academy (correspondence)
- General Staff Academy.
Service:
- Worked up to Air Army Commander.
- Commander 4th Air/Air Defense Army (Rostov-na-donu)
- Since he has served as the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the VVS.
- Has mastered more than 20 types of aircraft and has more than 6 thousand flight hours.
- Hero of Russia -- "In June he received the Hero of Russia title for his skillful leadership of the operation to neutralize a group of Chechen terrorists who attempted to hijack a Mi-8 helicopter to Chechnya. According to Kommersant's information, Gen Mikhaylov's candidacy was actively supported by Colonel General Aleksey Moskovskiy, deputy defense minister and chief of armamen