Who Is MFF?
The world’s oldest autobiographical Directory Marquis, Who's Who in America, includes the following information about Dr. Sergey Melnikoff:
◊ A U.S. citizen born in the Soviet Union
◊ The Honorary Consul of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria to the United States of America
◊ An American classic of art photography
◊ Son of a two star General, a military aviator, one of the aces of World War II
◊ Grandson of a Cossack chieftain of the Russian Imperial Army, the full chevalier
of Saint George’s Cross
◊ Soviet dissident and political prisoner from 1981 till 1987
◊ Political refugee by UN decision in 1990
◊ U.S. asylum grantee in 1990 by personal authorization of President Ronald Reagan
◊ Former volunteer at the Pentagon POW/MIA’s commission to search for missing
prisoners of war
◊ Organizer of secret missions for the Pentagon’s team to Russia and Ukraine
◊ Graduate with three university degrees, including a PhD in biochemistry
◊ Author of POW Americans Are Always Assets (1994)
◊ Founder and owner of International Photo & Video News, Inc., and Melnikoff, Inc
◊ Ideologist of space tourism. Prepared for a space flight to the Mir space station in 1995
◊ Founder of the web resources concerning the history of the GULAG in Russia,
and the Free Speech Newspaper
◊ Pulitzer Prize Nominee for “The Chronicles Of Hell” International Exhibition, 2008
◊ Producer and cameraman in over 150 different countries
◊ Author and producer of TV series “An Hour Of Adventures,” “Treasure Hunters,”
and “There Is No Place In The World For Wild Animals”
◊ Father of two children: Anastassia and Philip
Images above: All four generations of MFF * 1989. On the Chukotka Peninsula. Anastassia at the age of eight months * 1994. Anastassia in the transcontinental Ukrainian plane Il-62 over the Atlantic Ocean * 1997. Siberia * 2008. Philip dives in the Caribbean * 2010. Nepal
