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photograph by remziy agrba sukhumi , ussr 240px '' sandro of chegem '' 6 march 1929 fiction fazil iskander

fazil iskander

fazil abdulovich iskander -lrb- ; ; born 6 march 1929 , sukhumi , ussr -rrb- is an abkhaz writer , known in the former soviet union for his descriptions of caucasian life , mostly written in russian .
he has written various stories , most famously `` zashita chika '' , which star a crafty and likable young boy named `` chik '' .
