Igor Afanasyev
Russian writer and veteran of the Afghan war.
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| Intro | Russian writer and veteran of the Afghan war. | |
| Places | Afghanistan | |
| is | Military personnel Writer | |
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Igor Mixailovich Afanasyev is a Russian writer and veteran of the Afghan war. He was born in Pskov in 1962. He served in the Afghan war from 1983 to 1985, as a sapper in the eastern province of Ghazni. Afanasyev initially posted about his experiences of the war on the internet; this led to several books that have been acclaimed in his native Russia. Among these are:
- Сапёр, который ошибся
- Солянка по-афгански
His work has been praised by Oleg Ermakov, another Afghan veteran-turned-writer.