nadezhda nefyodova news, india state of goa the famous artist mikhail shumyan celebrated his 80th birthdayst master. he is known on both sides of the ocean painting from shemyakin's sculpture in the halls of the world museum and monuments on the streets of russian and foreign cities. shemyakin has been living in france for a long time, but russia , especially st. petersburg, occupy a truly special place with the hero of the day our european correspondent anastasia popova met or someday such chestnuts, leather breeches , a tunic and a cap that protects the eyes from the light on the birthday of the legendary artist mikhail shemyakin, in his usual way, meets us in his castle in his tent, his 80 years old, he dreams of getting out to the sea, where he has not been already almost 0.4 years. once. all the time absorbing research and projects. now he is finishing the first volume, he wrote his autobiography. for a long time he lacks his father's military discipline, but he had a whole tragedy in our caucasian family in everything, because otherwise, how could he be an officer or a soldier? my fa