Sergei Mikhailovich Volnukhin (1859–1921) was a Russian sculptor, best known for his instruction to a generation of Russian artists at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, teaching alongside Prince Paolo Troubetzkoy. Among Volnukhin's students: Anna Golubkina (1889-1890) Sergey Konenkov (1892-1896) Nikolay Andreyev (1892-1901) Alexander Matveyev (1899-1902) Natalia Goncharova (1901-1904) Stepan Erzia (1902-1906) Aleksei Babichev (1907-1912) Boris Korolev (circa 1910) Isaac Itkind (1912-1913) Arkady Plastov (1914-1917) Notable among his own work is the 1909 monument to Ivan Fyodorov in Moscow (with architect Ivan Mashkov.) Volnukhin's papers are held at the Tretyakov Gallery. References 1859 births 1921 deaths 19th-century sculptors from the Russian Empire 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire 20th-century Russian sculptors 20th-century Russian male artists Russian male sculptors Academic staff of the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture