Dobrinin Vitaliy
A painter Vitaly Dobrynin was born in December, 24, 1955 in the settlement of Uhta (Kalevala now). Dobrynin's dynasty comes of the village Munankinlahti (Babja Guba), which was wiped out in 1955.
Finished the art and drawing department at pedagogical school #2 in Petrosavodsk. During his service in the army he attended the studio of a famous Pskov artist Valentin Vasilyev. After finishing his service he studied at the art and drawing department at Gertsen Univesity in Leningrad. In 1980 he comes back to Karelia and establishes the children's art school in Kostomuksha. After being in charge of the school for 10 years he becomes a free artist.
However he doesn't give up teaching and establishes the new art school in the town of Kuhmo (Finland). Now he runs an art studio in Kostomuksha. His wife Larisa is the director of the Kostomuksha's art school.
