Born February 25, 1946 in g. Mariinsk Kemerovo region, Russian.
Incomplete Higher Education. He graduated from vocational art school б? 11 (r. Leningrad), studied at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named and. E. Repin.
. He worked as a stoker, . logger, . restorer at the State Russian Museum and the Museum of Ethnography of the USSR, . artist-designer in the Research Institute of Technical Aesthetics, . engineer in the building department of the All-Russia Aluminum-Magnesium Institute, . property man in the Leningrad Opera and Ballet,
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. In 1975 - 76 was a member of Association of experimental exhibitions.
. In 1982 - 88 was the organizer of the Association of experimental art.
. He was a member of the Leningrad section of the International Society for Human Rights.
. Since 1974 participated in the underground democratic movement
. In 1976 was convicted for writing anti-Soviet slogans on the walls of the fortress, was released in 1982.
. Participated in the organization of public shares in Leningrad against the war in Afghanistan, collecting signatures to protest against the shooting of student demonstrators in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
. In 1990 - 93 was a deputy of the St. Petersburg City Council.
. 12 December 1993 was elected to the State Duma of the first convocation.
. 17 December 1995 was elected to the new State Duma.
. On February 20, 1999 - Chairman of the party "Democratic Russia".
. 19 December 1999 was elected to the State Duma of the third convocation.
. April 12, 2000 was an attack on Officer Staff S
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Rybakova Roman Muzhdaba. Unknown sprayed his face with tear gas and snatched the bag, which were 22 mailing lists.
Member of the Coordinating Council of the Union of Right Forces.
Attendance 32 exhibitions in Russia and abroad. Works are in museums and private collections.
Married. He has three children.
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