page_title: Viktor Astafyev
hierarchical_section_title: Viktor Astafyev
caption_attribution_description: Viktor Astafyev
context_page_description: Viktor Petrovich Astafyev also spelled Astafiev or Astaf'ev, was a prominent Soviet and Russian writer.
context_section_description: Viktor Petrovich Astafyev also spelled Astafiev or Astaf'ev (Russian: Ви́ктор Петро́вич Аста́фьев; 1 May 1924 – 29 November 2001), was a prominent Soviet and Russian writer.
caption: Viktor Astafyev on a stamp of Abkhazia
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