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Mikhail Aleksandrovich Evstafiev , is a Russia

Russia

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n artist

Artist

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, photographer, and writer

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He began painting

Painting

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and photographing at an early age. His mother, grandmother and great grandfather — all prominent Russian sculptors — inspired him to develop his own style in art

Art

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. His work is listed in "Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon" (The World Biographical Dictionary of Artists).

In the late 1980s he volunteered to serve in Afghanistan

Afghanistan

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and spent two years in the Soviet army

Soviet Army

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, stationed in Kabul

Kabul

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, witnessing the numerous combat operations and the 1989 withdrawal of Soviet troops. He later published the novel Two Steps From Heaven
Two Steps From Heaven
Two Steps From Heaven is a novel by Russian author Mikhail Evstafiev.-Plot summary:The events of the novel take place in the mid-1980s during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and soon after the troop withdrawal, back in the then Soviet Union...

about the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

Working for leading international news organizations in the 1990s, he also covered the wars and armed conflicts in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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, Chechnya

Chechnya

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, Georgia

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, Nagorno-Karabakh

Nagorno-Karabakh

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, Tajikistan

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and Transdniestria, as well as the Soviet coup attempt of 1991

Soviet coup attempt of 1991

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and the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993

Russian constitutional crisis of 1993

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Mikhail Evstafiev's paintings and photographs have been exhibited in different countries, including in Austria

Austria

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, China

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, Russia

Russia

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and the United States

United States

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, in places such as the Hofburg Congress Centre

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, the State Kremlin Palace

State Kremlin Palace

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, the Maly Manezh Exhibition Hall and the Central House of Artists in Moscow

Moscow

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, and in the Grand Central Terminal

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in New York City

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His paintings and photographs are in the collections of the Moscow House of Photography

Moscow House of Photography

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and SOLMS, Gallery der Leica Camera AG, and in private collections in Andorra

Andorra

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, Austria

Austria

, Britain, France

France

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, Poland

Poland

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, Russia and the United States. His work appeared in leading international magazines and newspapers and was published in numerous books.

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