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Born in Ryazan, began to paint when a child: some
excellent drawings of birds and plants of 10 years old boy remained.
Having graduated as a zoologist from Moscow University, he worked
in Darwinian Museum and in several research institutes, participated
in a number of expeditions. He was outstanding animal painter, famous
illustrator of popular and scientific books in zoology, amongst
which were several field guides to butterflies, Red Data Books etc.
His favorite objects were butterflies whom he collected a lot.
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