alexander kishchenko was born in 1933 on the bely kolodes farm in the voronezh region.rtistic finishing at a factory. in 1953 he entered. to the faculty monumental painting of the lviv state institute of applied and decorative arts. in the sixties he moved to minsk at the invitation of gabriel vashchenko. from 1963 to 1970, kishchenko taught painting and composition at the department of monumental and decorative art of the belarusian theater and art institute in minsk. at the same time, the artist was actively involved in creativity and organization of tapestry production in the bssr. firstly. in turn, kishchenko earned his national worldwide fame as the creator monumental works. his unique canvas of the gabilen of the century is included in the guinness book of records as the largest gabilen in the world and is recognized as a national treasure. also for this work, kishchenko was awarded the state prize of belarus. 11 weavers worked on gobilen for 5 years. it is hand-woven from natural sheep wool and weighs 270 kg. the canvas depicts about 100 people, almost all the gr