Background
Vladimir Kartashov was born on June 20, 1957 in Ivanovo, where his parents worked.
artist designer school teacher poet
Vladimir Kartashov was born on June 20, 1957 in Ivanovo, where his parents worked.
In 1979 he graduated from the Tula Pedagogical Institute, Faculty of Chemistry and Biology.
He was a twin brother of poet and artist Alexander Kartashov. He worked as a school teacher, scenic designer in theatre. Until 1988 he lived in Tula, then moved to Leningrad.
He died September 20, 2002, with film crew of film Messenger (director Sergei Bodrov, Junior) in the collapse of the glacier "Kolka" in Karmadon Gorge of North Ossetia.
Officially, he is considered missing. 1987 — Tula 1988 — Wałbrzych 1988 — Tula 1989 — Polenovo (Tula oblast) 1991 — Moscow 1992 — Saint St. Petersburg 1995 — Moscow 1995 — Tula 2006 — Tula 2007 — Saint St. Petersburg.
After moving to Leningrad, he became a member of the group Ostrov (literally the island).