The sculptor S. Erzya and Kazan (Unknown archival data)
The article is devoted to the well-known Mordvinian sculptor S. Erzya (1876-1959). The period of stay in Kazan became one of the major stages in creative formation of future master. The article’s author tells about the Kazan period of the sculptor, his work in an icon-painting workshop of P. Kovalinsky (the 1890th), establishes the fact of its acquaintance to the Tatar sculptor S. Akhun (the 1950th).