10 Facts About Boris Yefimov

Boris Yefimov's father was Khaim Movshevich Fridlyand ; his mother was Rokhlya Shevakhovna.

Boris Yefimov began to express his emotions through caricatures of politicians, the first of which were published in 1919 and circulated in the Kievan Red Army.

From 1920 to 1921, Yefimov designed posters and brochures for the communist organization Agitprop, finally moving to Moscow in 1922 after his brother, who worked as an editor for Pravda, offered him a job drawing political cartoons.

In 1937 Boris Yefimov covered the Show Trials and drew cartoons against people like Nikolai Bukharin and Leon Trotsky.

Boris Yefimov was then ordered to poke fun at the Western powers in what was transforming into the Cold War.

Boris Yefimov went on to become the chief editor of Agitprop, and cooperated with Pravda until the 1980s.

Boris Yefimov published an autobiography, Moy Vek, for his centennial, and resided in Moscow.

Boris Yefimov received the Stalin Prizes in 1950 and 1951 and was named People's Painter of the USSR in 1967.

In 2008, Boris Yefimov was still working, primarily writing memoirs and drawing friendly cartoons.

Boris Yefimov was a cousin of the famous Soviet photographer and journalist Semyon Fridlyand.