Igor Maximovich Afansyev 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.[1] Among these are:

• Муравьиный Бог
• Сапёр, который ошибся
• Солянка по-афгански
• Эвтаназия, или Последний парад

His work has been praised by Oleg Ermakov, another Afghan veteran-turned-writer.[2]

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