Polina Raiko

Polina Raiko
Born
Pelaheia Andriivna Raiko

(1928-05-05)5 May 1928
Oleshky, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Died15 January 2004(2004-01-15) (aged 75)
StyleNaïve art
Children2

Pelaheia Andriivna Raiko (née Soldatova; Ukrainian: Пелагея Андріївна Райко; 5 May 1928 - 15 January 2004), also spelled Rayko, was a Ukrainian naïve painter who started painting her property at the age of 69. Her home was a national cultural monument of Ukraine, until June 2023, when it was reportedly destroyed by flooding after the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.