Anatoly Yakushin (1944–2017) was a Soviet and Russian graphic artist and poster designer known for posters, lithography, easel graphics, and painting. His work combines subjects from Soviet public life with historical, literary, and landscape themes.

Born in Moscow in 1944, Yakushin graduated from the Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V. I. Surikov in 1971, specializing in poster design. He studied in the poster workshop under Nikolai Ponomarev, Oleg Savostyuk, and Boris Uspensky. He joined the Union of Artists of the USSR in 1973 and began teaching at the Surikov Institute the following year.

Yakushin worked across poster art, easel graphics, and painting. His graphic work includes colour lithographs devoted to figures such as Yuri Gagarin, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, and Nikolai Copernicus, as well as works inspired by the myth of Icarus and Homer's Odyssey. His paintings and drawings also include landscapes and still lifes, particularly scenes of the Black Sea coast and Crimea. His posters addressed subjects including the Baikal-Amur Mainline, space exploration, labour, peace, and Soviet state life.

Yakushin received numerous awards during his career. In 1973, he won first prize at an exhibition of young artists from the capitals of socialist countries in Sofia. He received the Polish Minister of National Defence Prize at the Fifth International Graphic Biennale in Kraków in 1974, the Moscow Komsomol Prize in 1978, and prizes and medals from VDNKh. He was also awarded diplomas, a silver medal, and a gold medal by the Academy of Arts of the USSR and the Russian Academy of Arts.

In 1994, Yakushin was named Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation. He received the Silver Medal of the Russian Academy of Arts in 1997 and became a full member of the Russian Academy of Humanities in 1998. He was also a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Arts and served as secretary of the board of the Union of Artists of Russia.

Yakushin taught at the Surikov Institute from 1974 and spent much of his teaching career in its easel graphics workshop. His works are held in the Russian State Library, the Tretyakov Gallery, and the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. He died in 2017.

Anatoly Borisovich Yakushin