Alexander
Ivanovich Shlyakhtin

Shlyahtin Alexander was born on 25 may 1948 in the village Rodnikovskoe Kurganinsky district of Krasnodar Krai in the family of teachers.
After graduating from high school and serving in the army in 1969 entered the art-graphic faculty of the Kuban State University, from which he graduated in 1974. During his studies at the Kuban State University started creative activities: participation in art exhibitions – student, urban, regional.
Love to sculpture and undoubted ability led A. I. shlyakhtina in 1976 in Leningrad Institute. Repin, and all further life to this day connected with this Institute. Diploma thesis "Volunteer", "memory of the dead musicians" was awarded the Gold medal of the Academy of arts at the national exhibition in Tbilisi in 1983.
C 1982-1985 trained in the creative workshop under the direction of M. K. Anikushin.
Since 1985 member of Union of Artists of Russia.
After the creative workshop and at the present time, A. I. is a teacher in this Institute. Teaching runs parallel with the participation in the artistic life of the Institute, city, country.
Monuments, created by Alexander Ivanovich:
1983. - "S. M. Kirov" - in the town of Tula
1984. – The reliefs on the theme "Sport" - н23а the facade of the Military Institute of Physical culture in St. Petersburg.
2000. The monument to the Mother of Gagarin in the town of Gagarin in Smolensk region. This work was awarded the Diploma of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
2001. – "Victims of Stalinist repression" under the city of Moscow.
Several of the monuments found in Yakutia (created in collaboration with sculptors E. M. Katz and E. I. Pakhomov).
In the year 2000. A. I. participated in the reconstruction of the sculptures of Rubens on the building of the New Hermitage,
The sculpture "Rubens" installed in the hall of the Hermitage.
In 2001 was re-established the figure of "Fame" on the Arch of the General Staff
in Saint – Petersburg.
In 2003. made two works at the Constantine Palace, Strelna "Archangel Michael" and "Neptune".
Sculptural portraits of Leonardo da Vinci; rubles; Leo Tolstoy, adorn the interiors of the library of the Institute of Design in Saint - Petersburg.
"Muse" - the Lobby of the same Institute, the bust of the Minister of Finance Kankrin – the main entrance of the Institute.
Bust(portrait) prutkov is in the Museum of the city of Tosno.
In 2008 he was elected to the post of Professor of the faculty of sculpture. Elected a member of Petrovskaya Academy of Sciences and Arts in 2009.
He currently teaches at the faculty of sculpture of the St. Petersburg state academic Institute of painting, sculpture and architecture named after I. E. Repin of the Russian Academy of arts. Academic rank - associate Professor.

Exhibitions:
Exhibition Leipzig – Moscow - Saint-Petersburg, 1999.
Exhibition of the teachers of the Academy of Arts, 2000.
The spring exhibition of the Academy of fine Arts - 2002.
The exhibition "Moscow – the Hermitage" - 2003.
Personal exhibition in Tosno - 2008.
Spring exhibition in the halls of the Russian Academy of fine Arts - 2008.
Personal exhibition in Academy of fine Arts, December 2008.
Solo exhibition of works in Spbgaizhsa (Academy of arts) them. Repin, March 2016.

List of publications about the work of the sculptor:
1. The magazine "Ogonek" 2002 – Reconstruction of the statue of "Fame".
2. Magazine "Mir metalla" № 3 , 2003 – Rubens.
3. The Magazine "Architect", 2003 – Rubens, Michael The Archangel.
4. The journal "Construction market", 2004 – Rubens, Glory, international exhibition in Leipzig.
5. Catalog "gold collection "Yakhont", 2004 – Rubens (bronze)
6. The newspaper "Chas pick" № 22, 2003 – Opening of the statue of Rubens on the facade of the New Hermitage.
7. The newspaper "top secret", 2002 - Reconstruction of the statue of "Fame" on the arch of the General staff.
8. "Album Konstantinovsky Palace", "the Archangel Michael", "Neptune, heralding the revival of the marine glory of Russia".

Reactions in print:
1. Scientific-research Museum of the USSR Academy of Arts - M.,1989., стр137
2. Rashidov M. Life is written in different colors, the banner of Lenin, 1990., May 1.
3. Crustaceans N. "Spring talent" - GAZ. Tosnensky Vestnik,1998, 24 Nov.
4. Crustaceans N. "The splendor of talents" - GAZ. Tosnensky Vestnik, 1999, June 24.
5. Vesnin, S. A. "The Return Of Rubens" – The Hermitage. Scientific restoration firm Asia Pacific - Expert, 1999.
6. Borisov N. "The return of Rubens" - GAZ. Tosnensky Vestnik, 2000, April 8.
7. Lunina L. "the Facade of the Empire," - journal "Ogonek" - 2000. No. 1-2, pp. 4-7.
8. The monument to the mother of the astronaut Yuri Gagarin, "the Truth", - 2001., April 12, FOTOTOUR-TASS.
9. The reference book "United art rating", Vol.4 - M. ALEV., 2001.
10. The capital of the Empire 299 years, gas. Secret materials - 2002. No. 10
11.Bibliographic reference book "Famous people of St. Petersburg" in the seventh volume of "AURORA-DESIGN" St. Petersburg, 2007. p. 391.

TV:
1. All channels, 2001 – "Glory", the Palace square.
2. All TV channels, 2003 – opening of the statue of Rubens on the facade of the New Hermitage. Russia, NTV, the monument to A. T. Gagarina.
3. St. Petersburg TV, 2004 – the unveiling of a bust Cancino.