Evgeniy Fedorovich Kovtun (29 February 1928, Maryanskaya, Krasnodar Territory - 4 January 1996, St. Petersburg) was a Soviet and Russian art historian, a famous scientist, and an expert in the field of Russian avant-garde. He prepared a number of exhibitions and catalogues devoted to the Russian avant-garde, and is also the author of numerous studies, articles and books published in Russia and other countries. His main research topics were: Russian book illustrations of the late 19th - early 20th centuries; Russian print and engraving from the first half of the 20th century; The works of artists of the Russian avant-garde - Malevich, Tatlin, Larionov, Matyushin, and Mansurov.