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 Vera Starkova was born in Mstera in 1926.  She studied at the Mstera Vocational Art School from 1942 to 1946 under N. Kylov and I. Fomichov.  She became a member of the Proletarian Art Artel in the same year of her graduation from MVAS until 1969, when she went back to MVAS as a teacher of miniature painting techniques and design.  She taught there until 1987.
 
 Starkova has participated in art exhibitions since 1955, and has been a member of the USSR Union of Artists since 1970.
 
 Reference:
 
 |   | Dugina G. N., Pozdnyakova V. V., 1996.  THE ART OF MSTIORA. CATALOG OF MSTIORA ART MUSEUM EXHIBITS. Vladimir "POKROVA" Publishers ISBN 5-87393-002-3 
 Дугина Г. Н., Позднякова В. В., 1996.ИСКУССТВО МСТЕРЫКАТАЛОГ ЗКСПОЗИЦИИ МСТЕРСКОГО ХУДОЖЕСТВЕННОГО МУЗЕЯ
  ТОО издательство "Покрова" 600025, г. Владимир, Октябрьский пр-т, 9. Тел. 2-63-98 Набор и верстка ПКТОО "Эволюта" 6000, г. Владимир, ул. III Интернационала, 68. Тел. 2-53-34
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  Dmitriev N.G., 1986, "Mstera Made by Hand", Artist of RSFSR, Leningrad 
 
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