Complex sentence: Vsevolod Andreevich Bazhenov (February 18,1909-1986)-Soviet, Russian painter, lived and worked in Leningrad, member of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation Directory of Members of the Union of Artists of USSR.
Split into simpler sentences: Vsevolod Andreevich Bazhenov (February 18,1909--1986) was a Soviet, Russian painter who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation Directory of Members of the Union of Artists of USSR.