Victor Gritsyuk
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Viktor was born in August 26, 1949 in Odessa, Ukraine. After serving in the army, Victor started a family and moved with it to Moscow in 1971. At first he worked in Moscow as an artist in the Palace of Pioneers. From 1971 he worked in the publishing house "Planeta" as an art editor, where he encountered photography for the first time. It was here that he began his photo career. Since 1975, became a freelance photographer. In 1978, Victor graduated from the faculty of photojournalism in the Moscow Institute of journalistic Skills. In 1980 he became a member of the Moscow City Committee of Graphic Artists, in 1987 - a member of the Russian Union of Journalists, and in 1991 a member of the Union of Photographers of Russia. From 1991 until his death was in charge of the Photo Service in the Russian historical magazine of the Russian Government and the Presidential Administration, "Rodina". Since 1996, a member of the Association of Advertising Photographers of Russia. In 2006, Viktor Petrovich was diagnosed with cancer. In 2007, he underwent a course of chemotherapy, and was preparing for surgery. In May 23, 2009 in the hospital number 68 Viktor Gritsyuk died after almost three years of suffering from cancer. May 27 was buried at the Zherebevsk cemetery (Zherebyatevo village, Domodedovo district, Moscow region).
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