{{Infobox artist | name = Andrei Korobtsov | image = Andrey Korobtsov - Unveiling of the Rzhev Memorial to the Soviet Soldier 10 (cropped).jpg | caption = | native_name = Андрей Коробцов | native_name_lang = ru | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|04|27}} | birth_place = Moscow | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | education = | alma_mater = Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture | known_for = Sculptor | notable_works = Rzhev Memorial to the Soviet Soldier | style = | movement = | spouse = Evgenia Obraztsova | awards = 30px|link=State Prize of the Russian Federation {{small|(2023)}} }} '''Andrei Sergeyevich Korobtsov''' ({{langx|ru|Андрей Сергеевич Коробцов}}; born 27 April 1986 in Jezkazgan) is a Russian sculptor, member of the Moscow Union of Artists. He is the author of more than 200 works, including 40 monuments.<ref name="Как белгородский скульптор создавал Ржевский мемориал" />
==Biography== Born in 1987 in Jezkazgan, Kazakh SSR. His mother, Lyudmila Alekseyevna, is an engineer. His father, Sergei Petrovich, is a welder at a mining and processing plant in Gubkin.<ref>{{cite web|author=Сергей Емельянов|url=https://rg.ru/2020/06/30/reg-cfo/skulptor-andrej-korobcov-rasskazal-kak-rodilas-ideia-rzhevskogo-monumenta.html|title="...а превратились в белых журавлей"; Скульптор Андрей Коробцов рассказал, как рождалась идея ржевского монумента|language=ru|website=Российская газета|date=2020-07-01|accessdate=2020-07-07|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20200707183758/https://rg.ru/2020/06/30/reg-cfo/skulptor-andrej-korobcov-rasskazal-kak-rodilas-ideia-rzhevskogo-monumenta.html|archivedate=2020-07-07}}</ref> In 1994, the Korobtsov family moved to Gubkin, where he graduated from comprehensive and art schools.<ref name="Как белгородский скульптор создавал Ржевский мемориал">{{cite web|author=Валерия Черемных|url=https://www.belpressa.ru/society/drugoe/32169.html|title=«В конце сел и заплакал». Как белгородский скульптор создавал Ржевский мемориал; Андрей Коробцов рассказал «Белгородским известиям», как работал над монументом|language=ru|website=Белгородские известия|date=2020-06-30|accessdate=2020-07-05|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705200705/https://www.belpressa.ru/society/drugoe/32169.html|archivedate=2020-07-05}}</ref> Then Andrei went to Moscow to study the art of sculpting. In 2011, he graduated from the sculpture department of the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (supervisors: {{ill|Salavat Scherbakov|ru|Щербаков, Салават Александрович}} and M. O. Krasilnikov) with his diploma work "Yevgeny Rodionov".<ref name="vm-Коробцов">{{cite web|author=Татьяна Еременко|url=https://vm.ru/interview/798966-skulptor-andrej-korobcov-mne-kazhetsya-vse-pamyatniki-zhivye-oni-dvizhutsya|title=Скульптор Андрей Коробцов: Мне кажется, все памятники — живые|language=ru|website=Вечерняя Москва|date=2020-05-07|accessdate=2020-08-04|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619063552/https://vm.ru/interview/798966-skulptor-andrej-korobcov-mne-kazhetsya-vse-pamyatniki-zhivye-oni-dvizhutsya|archivedate=2020-06-19}}</ref> Since 2011, Andrei Korobtsov has been a member of the Moscow Union of Artists and is actively working in the field of monumental sculpture. He lives and works in Moscow.
In 2010, Andrey Korobtsov, together with the architect Konstantin Fomin, founded an architectural and sculpture studio in Moscow. Over the years of cooperation, the creative tandem has implemented a number of major projects both in Russia and abroad. Among the most significant works of the studio are the monument to the Russian princess Olga Constantinovna Romanova in the Greek city of Thessaloniki (2016),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vz.ru/news/2016/9/10/831734.html |title=ВЗГЛЯД / Памятник княжне Ольге Романовой открыт в Салониках |access-date=2016-09-12 |archive-date=2016-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911182820/http://vz.ru/news/2016/9/10/831734.html }}</ref> the monument to the Hero of the Soviet Union Khanpasha Nuradilov in Grozny (2018), the monument to the Greek Legion of Emperor Nicholas I in Sevastopol (2016),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://rg.ru/2016/07/10/reg-kfo/v-sevastopole-otkryli-pamiatnik-voevavshim-za-rossiiu-grekam.html |title=В Севастополе открыли памятник воевавшим за Россию грекам — Российская газета |access-date=2016-12-08 |archive-date=2016-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911174522/https://rg.ru/2016/07/10/reg-kfo/v-sevastopole-otkryli-pamiatnik-voevavshim-za-rossiiu-grekam.html }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://regnum.ru/news/cultura/2155304.html |title=В Севастополе установили памятник греческим воинам Крымской войны — ИА REGNUM |access-date=2016-12-08 |archive-date=2016-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911231802/https://regnum.ru/news/cultura/2155304.html }}</ref> the monument to the front-line dog on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow (2013),<ref name="autogenerated4">{{Cite web |url=http://vmdaily.ru/news/2013/06/21/frontovim-sobakam-bojtsam-postavili-pamyatnik-201693.html |title=Фронтовым собакам-бойцам поставили памятник |access-date=2013-06-28 |archive-date=2013-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624144200/http://www.vmdaily.ru/news/2013/06/21/frontovim-sobakam-bojtsam-postavili-pamyatnik-201693.html }}</ref> the monument to metallurgists in Tula (2015),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glavny.tv/news/4759|title=Памятник металлургам открыли в Туле | Главный региональный}}</ref> the monument to the pioneers of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly in Gubkin, Belgorod Oblast (2012). Andrey Korobtsov is also a co-author of the monument to Pyotr Stolypin<ref name=autogenerated3>{{Cite web |url=http://vz.ru/news/2012/12/27/614092.html |title=Путин и Медведев возложили цветы к памятнику Столыпина |access-date=2013-06-28 |archive-date=2013-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203190215/http://vz.ru/news/2012/12/27/614092.html }}</ref> in Moscow.
In 2017, a monument to Ivan III was unveiled on the main square of Kaluga. The author of the idea was Andrei Konchalovsky, and Andrey Korobtsov embodied the image of the ruler in bronze.<ref>{{Cite news|title=В Калуге открыли первый в России памятник Ивану III|url=https://rg.ru/2017/11/12/reg-cfo/v-kaluge-otkryli-pervyj-v-rossii-pamiatnik-ivanu-iii.html|work=Российская газета|date=2017-11-12|accessdate=2017-11-22|language=ru|archivedate=2017-11-13|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113222730/https://rg.ru/2017/11/12/reg-cfo/v-kaluge-otkryli-pervyj-v-rossii-pamiatnik-ivanu-iii.html}}</ref>
The sculptor's completed projects include numerous memorial plaques to famous figures such as actor Yevgeny Vesnik,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tvc.ru/news/show/id/85297 |title=В Москве открыли мемориальную доску актёру Евгению Веснику :: Новости :: ТВ Центр — Официальный сайт телекомпании |access-date=2016-09-02 |archive-date=2016-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914150235/http://www.tvc.ru/news/show/id/85297 }}</ref><ref>[http://rvio.histrf.ru/activities/news/item-2291 Мемориальную доску народному артисту СССР Евгению Веснику откроют в Москве | Деятельность | РВИО]</ref> historian Sergei Vyazemsky, First Lady of Great Britain Spencer-Churchill and others.
A significant part of Korobtsov's easel art is a ballet series of works associated with the appearance of the prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre Evgenia Obraztsova in the sculptor's life. In 2014, she became his wife and served as a prototype and model for most of the works in the cycle.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lifeofthemodel.com/ru/andrey-korobtsov-skulptura-kak-prizvanie/|title=Андрей Коробцов: скульптура как призвание #Lifeofthemodel}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.m24.ru/articles/43566 |title=M24.RU — Скульптор Андрей Коробцов — о Большом театре и патриотизме — Сетевое издание М24 — Москва 24 |access-date=2016-09-02 |archive-date=2016-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920133344/http://www.m24.ru/articles/43566 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://st-tatiana.ru/2015/12/29/11739/ |title=Евгения Образцова: Прихожанка И Прима-Балерина |access-date=2016-09-02 |archive-date=2016-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160830120406/http://st-tatiana.ru/2015/12/29/11739/}}</ref>
On April 1, 2018, a monumental bas-relief of the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff was unveiled at the {{ill|Philharmonic-2|ru|Филармония-2}} concert complex.
In 2018, the project by Andrey Korobtsov and architect Konstantin Fomin won the competition for the design of the Rzhev Memorial to the Soviet Soldier.<ref>{{cite web|title=Сайт проекта «Ржевский мемориал»|url=http://rzhev.histrf.ru/}}</ref> The opening of the memorial took place on June 30, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/63585|title=Открытие Ржевского мемориала Советскому солдату|language=ru|website=Kremlin.ru|date=2020-06-30|accessdate=2020-06-30|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630190101/http:/www.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/63585|archivedate=2020-06-30}}</ref>
In 2020 he created an equestrian monument to Infantry General Pyotr Kotlyarevsky on the Feodosia embankment.
In 2021 he created a monument to Mikhail Devyataev in the village of Torbeevo, Mordovia.<ref name="rg-0274">{{cite web|author=Валентина Зотикова|url=https://rg.ru/2021/04/26/reg-pfo/v-mordovii-otkryli-pamiatnik-mihailu-deviataevu.html|title=В Мордовии открыли памятник Михаилу Девятаеву|language=ru|website=Российская газета|date=2021-04-26|accessdate=2021-04-26|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426171346/https://rg.ru/2021/04/26/reg-pfo/v-mordovii-otkryli-pamiatnik-mihailu-deviataevu.html|archivedate=2021-04-26}}</ref><ref name="pobedarf-7678">{{cite web|url=https://pobedarf.ru/2021/04/26/pamyatnik-letchiku-devyataevu-postavili-na-ego-rodine/|title=Памятник летчику Девятаеву поставили на его родине|language=ru|date=2021-04-26|accessdate=2021-04-26|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426171443/https://pobedarf.ru/2021/04/26/pamyatnik-letchiku-devyataevu-postavili-na-ego-rodine/|archivedate=2021-04-26}}</ref> A monument to the defender of the Fatherland was unveiled in Chastoozerye, Kurgan Oblast. A bust of {{ill|Vitaly Kopylov|ru|Копылов, Виталий Егорович}} was unveiled in Komsomolsk-on-Amur. In honor of the 800th anniversary of Alexander Nevsky, the memorial "Prayer before the Battle" was opened in the Tosnensky District of the Leningrad Oblast.<ref name="topspb-5394">{{cite web|author=Александр Чуев|url=https://topspb.tv/news/2021/12/22/molitva-pered-boem-memorial-v-chest-800-letiya-aleksandra-nevskogo-otkryt-v-tosnenskom-rajone/|title=«Молитва перед боем»: Мемориал в честь 800-летия Александра Невского открыт в Тосненском районе|language=ru|date=2021-12-22|accessdate=2021-12-23|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223215325/https://topspb.tv/news/2021/12/22/molitva-pered-boem-memorial-v-chest-800-letiya-aleksandra-nevskogo-otkryt-v-tosnenskom-rajone/|archivedate=2021-12-23}}</ref>
In 2022 he created sculptures of the Dancer, Violinist, Trumpeter and Ballerina on the portico of the main facade of the {{ill|Tchaikovsky Concert Hall|ru|Концертный зал имени П. И. Чайковского}}.
In 2024 he created Memorial complex "To the peaceful citizens of the Soviet Union who died during the Great Patriotic War".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tvspb.ru/news/2024/01/27/v-lenoblasti-otkryli-memorialnyj-kompleks-mirnym-grazhdanam-sssr-pogibshim-vo-vremya-velikoj-otechestvennoj|title=В Ленобласти открыли Мемориальный комплекс «Мирным гражданам СССР, погибшим во время Великой Отечественной войны»|date=27 January 2024 |access-date=2024-01-27|archive-date=2024-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128002729/https://tvspb.ru/news/2024/01/27/v-lenoblasti-otkryli-memorialnyj-kompleks-mirnym-grazhdanam-sssr-pogibshim-vo-vremya-velikoj-otechestvennoj|url-status=live}}</ref> It was opened on January 27, 2024, it is located in the village of Zaitsevo, Gatchina District, Leningrad Oblast. The authors of the monument are sculptor Andrei Korobtsov and architect Konstantin Fomin. In June 2024 he was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/74238|title=Подписаны указы о присуждении Государственных премий Российской Федерации|date=11 June 2024 |publisher=kremlin.ru|language=ru|accessdate=2025-03-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tass.ru/obschestvo/21074953|title=Путин вручил награды Героям труда и лауреатам госпремии за 2023 год|language=ru|publisher=TASS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/74260|title=Вручение медалей Героя Труда и Государственных премий|date=12 June 2024 |publisher=kremlin.ru|language=ru}}</ref>
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