Dmitry Romanovich Kalachev. WWII participant. Awarded medals of the USSR. Member of the USSR Union of Artists. Participant of exhibitions since 1948. Born in the village of Kalachevo, Kemerovo region. Graduated from the Almaty Art College named after N.V.Gogol (modern Almaty College of Decorative and Applied Arts named after Oral Tansykbaev) in 1944-1946. Learnt from A. M. Cherkassky and L. P. Leontiev. Since 1950 lived and worked in Almaty. Works are exibited in the State Museum of Fine Arts named after A. Kasteev, in Russia, in private collections.