19.08.1914 - 13.03.1992 (77 years) (Kursk, Kursk Governorate, Russian Empire)
Boris Petrovich Dyozhkin (also translated as Dezhkin) (Russian: Борис Петрович Дёжкин; 19 August [O.S. 6 August] 1914 — 13 March 1992) was among the oldest, most prolific and influential Soviet animators, animation and art directors, as well as a caricaturist, book illustrator and educator at Soyuzmultfilm. A member of ASIFA. He was named Honoured Artist of the RSFSR in 1969.