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ITAR-TASS 03: ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA. MAY 23. Ostap Bender by Vasily Saprykin, a painting depicting film director Nikita Mikhalkov as the lead character of Ilf and Petrov's novel The Twelve Chairs, on display at the Russian Portrait Salon in St Petersburg, as part of an exhibition entitled ALTER-MEDIA. The event marks Saprykin's 50th birthday. (Photo ITAR-TASS / Vadim Zhernov)

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50th Bender Entitled Mikhalkov Nikita Petrovs Salon Saprykin Vadim Vasily Zhernov

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