- Alexander Zemlianichenko
Alexander (Sasha) Zemlianichenko, prominent
Russia nphotojournalist , bornMay 7 ,1950 , inSaratov , Russia.He has been working for the
Associated Press inMoscow since1990 . He has traveled extensively, covering news stories throughout the formerSoviet Union , theMiddle East ,Europe and theUnited States .He was one of five AP photographers who won the
1992 Pulitzer Prize for photos of theSoviet coup attempt of 1991 . He also was a finalist in the1995 Pulitzer competition for his photographs of the war inChechnya , Russia.Zemlianichenko received his second
Pulitzer Prize in1997 for a photo of Russian PresidentBoris Yeltsin dancing at arock concert .
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