Facts: - instrument: acoustic guitar - website: mikhail.novitskiy .9 mikhail novitsky - birth name: mikhail v. novitsky - genre: rock - birth date: 17 december 1963 - name: mikhail v. novitsky - image size: 300px - background: solo_singer - image: thumb - birth place: brailiv soviet socialist republic , soviet union , zhmerynka raion , vinnytsia oblast , ukrainian - associated acts: sp babai , avtobus , green wave Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mikhail novitsky .
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mikhail v. novitsky -lrb- ; born 17 december 1963 -rrb- is a russian actor , singer/songwriter and guitarist , who fronts the rock band '' sp babai '' -lrb- saint petersburg -rrb- , which he formed in 1993 from the ashes of his first band '' avtobus '' .he is also the organizer of the vladimir vysotsky singer-songwriter festival '' lampushka '' since 2001 .apart from music , he is an active member of his preservationist group '' green wave '' , which he set up to protect st. petersburg parks and lakes .