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Dyrin Yuri
Yuri Alexandrovich Dyrin is a member of the Union of Artists of Russia, painter, teacher, a prominent representative of the ethnofuturistic trend in the art of Mordovia.

Born on August 25, 1967 in the village. Kochkurovo, Dubensky region, MASSR. In 1990 he graduated from the Saransk Art School, studied under V.M. Shanina.
Since 1992, he has been a participant in republican, regional, all-Russian, foreign, international exhibitions. Yuri Dyrin's personal exhibitions took place in Saransk, Prague, Moscow, Tallinn, Magdeburg, Stavern (Norway). The artist's works are kept in the Moscow State Museum of Fine Arts. S. D. Erzya, private collections in Russia, Finland, Norway, Germany, USA, Great Britain.

Yuri Dyrin is the production designer of the cartoon "Kuygorozh" based on the Moksha folk tale. "Kuygorozh" was created in the "Mountain of Gems" project at the Moscow studio "Pilot". Mordovia in this Russian project is represented by the cartoon "Kuygorozh". Authors of the project: A. Tatarsky, M. Aldashin, stage director S. Merinov.

The cartoon "Kuygorozh" became a laureate of the "Golden Eagle" film award, received the Audience Award at the Festival of Animated Films in Suzdal, and on April 10, 2008 became the main event of the Republican Festival of Animated Films "Mountain of Gems" in Saransk.