Serhiy Svetoslavsky

Serhiy (Sergey Ivanovich) Svetoslavsky (, , 6 October 1857, Kiev — 19 September 1931, Kiev) was a Ukrainian and Russian landscape painter, most notable for his cityscapes.

Biography Svetoslavsky was born in Kiev. Between 1875 and 1883 he studied painting at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture with Alexei Savrasov. From 1911 to 1914 Svetoslavsky was a board member of a committee for erection of monument to Taras Shevchenko in Kiev.

For many years, Svetoslavsky was an active supporter of Kiev Zoo. In 1909 Svetoslavsky persuaded his friend and art supporter Pavel Tretyakov to make a large donation for the newly established Zoo. In 1910 Svetoslavsky sold his estate and organized a large expedition (in which he also participated) to Central Asia to catch animals for Kiev Zoo. Soon a significant part of the Zoo collection were animals caught by Svetoslavsky's expedition.

Viktor Vasnetsov used Svetoslavsky as a model for the image of Moses in the Saint Vladimir's Cathedral in Kiev.