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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.

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