Aleksey Viktorovich Merinov (russian: Алексей Викторович Меринов; born 25 March 1959) is a
Russian
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*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
self-taught painter and cartoonist.
Biography
Merinov was born in Moscow. He served in the
Soviet Navy. In his youth he worked as a graphic designer in the
Romen Theatre
Romen Theatre (russian: link=no, Московский музыкально-драматический театр "Ромэн") is the oldest and the most famous of Romani theatres in the world. The theatre is a key object of Romani culture in Ru ...
.
Since 1988 he has been working at the newspaper ''
Moskovskij Komsomolets
''Moskovskij Komsomolets'' (russian: Московский комсомолец, lit=Moscow Komsomolets) is a Moscow-based daily newspaper with a circulation approaching one million, covering general news. Founded in 1919, it is famed for its to ...
''. He illustrated more than two dozen books. Among them: the Criminal Code and the Tax Code, Collection of recipes, a collection of quotations by Vladimir Putin. He has released over a dozen albums with his pictures.
Досье персоны
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He is a fan of CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow (russian: ЦСКА Москва) is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was a central piece ...
.
References
External links
Галерея карикатур Алексея Меринова
Aleksey Merinov on Facebook
Иллюстрированный Уголовный кодекс Российской Федерации
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1959 births
Living people
Artists from Moscow
Russian caricaturists
Soviet journalists
Russian male journalists
Soviet caricaturists
Russian Navy personnel