Lenin – Leader of October, fragment, 1969, Soviet artist V. P. Yefanov (November 23, 1900 – March 3, 1978) -- Daily LIFT #2115 Vasily Prokofievich Yefanov was a prominent Soviet painter and teacher best known for his ceremonial portraits and major socialist realist canvases that earned him multiple Stalin Prizes. Yefanov received five Stalin Prizes in 1941, 1946, 1948, 1950 and 1952. He was named People’s Painter of the USSR in 1965 and became a full member of the USSR Academ