Writer and translator Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) with wife after the award ceremony, which took place in the Japanese ambassador's residence in Moscow.

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Publisher Sergei Parkhomenko congratulated Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) with his birthday after the writer was awarded with the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. The ceremony took place in the Japanese ambassador's residence in Moscow.

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Publisher Sergei Parkhomenko congratulated Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) with his birthday after the writer was awarded with the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. The ceremony took place in the Japanese ambassador's residence in Moscow.

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Writer and translator Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) awarded with the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. The ceremony took place in the Japanese ambassador's residence in Moscow.

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Rock musician Boris Grebenshchikov during a ceremony of awarding Russian writer Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) with the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. The ceremony took place in the Japanese Ambassador's residence.

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Japanese Ambassador to Russia Masaharu Kono, left, and Art Director of Moscow's Symphony Orchestra "Russian Philharmonic Society" Maxim Fedotov after a ceremony of awarding Russian writer Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) with the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. The ceremony took place in the Japanese Ambassador's residence in Moscow.

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Art Director of Moscow's Symphony Orchestra "Russian Philharmonic Society" Maxim Fedotov, second left, after a ceremony of awarding Russian writer Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) with the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. The ceremony took place in the Japanese Ambassador's residence in Moscow.

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Actor Oleg Menshikov and Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) after a ceremony of awarding the writer with the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. The ceremony took place in the Japanese Ambassador's residence in Moscow.

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Writer and translator Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) awarded with the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. The ceremony took place in the Japanese ambassador's residence in Moscow.

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Japanese Ambassador to Russia Masaharu Kono, left, and Artistic Director of the Chekhov Maly Theater Oleg Tabakov during a ceremony of awarding Russian writer Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) with the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. The ceremony took place in the Japanese Ambassador's residence in Moscow.

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Japanese Ambassador to Russia Masaharu Kono, right, awarded writer and translator Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun.The ceremony took place in the Japanese ambassador's residence in Moscow.

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Artistic Director of the Chekhov Maly Theater ceremony Oleg Tabakov and TV anchor Boris Notkin during a ceremony of awarding Russian writer Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) with the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. The ceremony took place in the Japanese Ambassador's residence in Moscow.

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Japanese Ambassador to Russia Masaharu Kono, right, and writer Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) awarded with the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. The ceremony took place in the Japanese ambassador's residence in Moscow.

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Japanese Ambassador to Russia Masaharu Kono, second right, with wife and writer Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili), second left, with wife after the award ceremony. Mr Akunin was awarded with the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. The ceremony took place in the Japanese ambassador's residence in Moscow.

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Japanese Ambassador to Russia Masaharu Kono, right, awarded writer Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) with the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. The ceremony took place in the Japanese ambassador's residence in Moscow.

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Writer and translator Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) with wife before the award ceremony, which took place in the Japanese ambassador's residence in Moscow.

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Japanese Ambassador to Russia Masaharu Kono, on the photo during the ceremony of awarding writer Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) with the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun.

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Writer and translator Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) before the award ceremony, which took place in the Japanese ambassador's residence in Moscow.

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Japanese Ambassador to Russia Masaharu Kono before the start of the ceremony of awarding Russian writer Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) with the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun . The ceremony took place in the Japanese ambassador's residence in Moscow.

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