BELIKOV VASILIJ MATVEEVICH (1921-1994) - the member of the USSR Union of Artists, participant of many exhibitions. His pictures are present in Penza Picture Gallery and also are represented in many departments and in private collections in Russia and abroad.
       His name is included in the "World Biographical Dictionary of Artists" (Saur Verlag GmbH & Co, Redaktion AKL, Leipzig, Germany; Volume 8). He is also listed in the book "A Dictionary of Twentieth Century Russian and Soviet Painters" by Matthew Cullerne Brown (published 1998).