Marina Ryndzyunskaya

Ryndzyunskaya was born in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, later moving to Astrakhan with her family.^[1][2] She was a member of the Society of Russian Sculptors beginning in 1926, and the organization held meetings in her studio.^[3] In 1927 she participated in an exhibition in Moscow to mark the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution, and in 1932 she showed her work at the Venice Biennale.^[4] Several of her sculptures are in the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery,^[2] including a statue of Mamlakat Nakhangova.^[4] Her style has been described as reminiscent of the work of Auguste Rodin and Antoine Bourdelle.^[5] At her death Ryndzyunskaya bequeathed many of her works to her native city.^[2]