Alexander Opekushin


Alexander Mikhailovich Opekushin was a Russian sculptor. Among his works are part of the sculptures of the Millennium of Russia monument in Velikiy Novgorod, the monument to Alexander Pushkin in Moscow, the monument to Mikhail Lermontov in Pyatigorsk, the monument to Alexander II in Moscow, the monument to Alexander III in Moscow.
The asteroid 5055 Opekushin discovered in 1986 was named after him.