Yuri Pavlovich Shvets (; born in Poltava 1902 – 1972) was a Soviet cinematic artist, famous for art and scenery especially of fantasy and science-fiction films.
As a youth, Shvets held several jobs, then studied at and graduated from both the Music and Drama Institute of Mykola Lysenko and the Arts Institute in KievИ. Ломакина (1975):Валерий Кленов НА ПОДХОДАХ К ЖАНРУ at Fandom.ru, reproduced from Техника-молодежи.- ╧ 4.- С. 40-42. .В. Кленов (1981): ЗОЛОТЫЕ ЯБЛОКИ И ПРОСПЕКТ ГАГАРИНА НА ЛУНЕ У истоков космической живописи at Fandom.ru, reproduced from Техника-молодежи.- ╧ 5.- С. 10-11, 21.
The scientific accuracy of Shvets' work was praised by the Russian rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky when the two met in 1934.
Shvets did artwork for over fifty films, including: (1935) Kosmicheskiy reys (Cosmic Journey or Space flight) (1935) Novii Gulliver (The New Gulliver) (1959) Nebo Zovyot (The Sky Calls) (1951) Вселенная (Universe) (1965) Luna (Moon) (1968) Марс (Mars)
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