Valentin Sinichenko

Valentin Emmanuilovich Sinichenko was born on 15 February 1914 in Odesa. In 1937 he completed the fine-arts studio of the Odesa Art Institute. In 1934–1938 he worked as an animation artist at the Odesa Film Studio and in 1938–1941 as an artist at the same studio.

In 1941 he moved to Tashkent, where he worked as a decorative artist and made sketches for masters of artistic embroidery. From 1958 he was an artist at the Uzbekfilm studio, and from 1964 its chief artist.

He was the artist of some 25 films, among them «The Daughter of Fergana» (1948), «Let's Meet at the Stadium» (1955), «Sacred Blood» (1956), «Furkat», «Bygone Days» (1969), «Blind Rain» (1970) and «The Main Day» (1974). For «General Rakhimov» the film's creative team received the jury's diploma at the All-Union Film Festival in Leningrad (1968).

In 1965 he was named People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR, and he held the Order of the Badge of Honour. In 1977 he was posthumously awarded the Hamza State Prize of the Uzbek SSR.

He died on 29 June 1976 in Tashkent and was buried at the Dombrabad Cemetery.