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After the war, Kerbel’s career took off with a wide range of commissions. In 1958 he sculpted a statue in [[Shanghai]] that depicted a huge Soviet and an equally large Chinese worker hand in hand. When [[Sino-Soviet split|Soviet-Chinese relations]] foundered a few years later, the statue was torn down by a mob.
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After the war, Kerbel’s career took off with a wide range of commissions. In 1958 he sculpted a statue in [[Shanghai]] that depicted a huge Soviet and an equally large Chinese worker hand in hand. When [[Sino-Soviet split|Soviet-Chinese relations]] foundered a few years later, the statue was torn down by a mob.
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In the 1950s to 1970s Kerbel sculpted many portraits of Soviet and foreign intellectuals: writer [[Boris Lavrenyov]] and violinist [[David Oistrakh]], Canadian clergyman [[James Gareth Endicott]], [[Giacomo Manzù]] (sculptor) and Pietro Orgento (orchestral conductor) from Italy and many others.<ref name=Kerbel30 /> Another example of Kerbel’s sculptures is the Lenin Monument in the [[Parque Lenin]] area of [[Havana]], Cuba. In 1976 the [[Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union]] presented the Government of [[Sri Lanka]] the monument of [[S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike|Solomon Bandaranaike]], the late Prime minister of the country, carved by Lev Kerbel.<ref name=Kerbel30>{{cite book
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In the 1950s to 1970s Kerbel sculpted many portraits of Soviet and foreign intellectuals: writer [[Boris Lavrenyov]] and violinist [[David Oistrakh]], Canadian clergyman [[James Gareth Endicott]], [[Giacomo Manzù]] (sculptor) and Pietro Orgento (orchestral conductor) from Italy and many others.<ref name=Kerbel30 /> Another example of Kerbel’s sculptures is the Lenin Monument in the [[Parque Lenin]] area of [[Havana]], Cuba. In 1976 the [[Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union]] presented the Government of [[Sri Lanka]] the monument of [[S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike|Solomon Bandaranaike]], the late Prime minister of the country, carved by Lev Kerbel.<ref name=Kerbel30>{{cite book
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Lev Kerbel
