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Alexander Abaza
Photographer. Born in the family of Boris Abaza in Leningrad (1934). Graduated from the Polytechnic Institute in Riga. Worked as a constructor at the Riga Electrine Machine Factory in Riga. Took up photography (1950s). Published in various newspapers (from 1964). Lived and worked in Moscow (from 1969). Photo-correspondent of various Soviet newspapers. Died in Moscow (2011). Contributed to exhibitions in Russia and abroad.
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