Alexei Ivanov
Alexei Ivanov was born in 1969 just outside Moscow into a family with a strong military background. He served in the Soviet Armed Forces for four and a half years. His interests include military history and military archaeology, he is an avid collector of Russian militaria, and he is especially interested in the Russian Civil War period. He moved to the UK in 1992, and since then has divided his time between Russia and his home in Cambridgeshire.