METOLKIN VLADISLAV (1962, town of Metolkine) – Ukrainian landscape artist; Patriarch of Kyiv and All Russ -Ukraine Filaret personally awarded Vladislav Metolkin the Order of St. Michael the Archangel III degree – “For services to the revival of spirituality in Ukraine and the establishment of the Local Ukrainian Orthodox Church” (2004); Exposition of works at the National Academy of Internal Affairs of Ukraine; the artist actively participates in international painting exhibitions.