Died filmed fighting in Afghanistan and storming the White house photographer Kavashkin

Photographer Boris Kavashkin died on October 4 at the 82nd year of life of natural causes, his son Anton Kavashkin told TASS.

“He died today. For natural reasons, he said.

Kavashkin was born on October 25, 1944 in Moscow and became interested in photography as a child. After serving in the army, he worked in a secret military factory, where he continued to engage in photography. In 1967, Kavashkin began working as a photojournalist for TASS. He later moved to the press agency Novosti, then returned to TASS.

Kavashkin has been photographing for over 60 years. He filmed the fighting in Afghanistan, the construction of the Baikal-Amur highway, the events before the collapse of the USSR and the storming of the White House.

Kavashkin’s archive contains reports on the life of Moscow and other cities of the USSR, space themes, cultural events, as well as everyday scenes of the Soviet and post-Soviet era.