The man behind An-2 is Andrei Zakharov. He lives in St.Petersburg, Russia (called the Northern Capital of Russia), but inside he is a deeply provincial person, maybe even the anti-glamour character and a solid realist. He doesn't drink alcohol and doesn't smoke and although Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (the great russian classical writer) said once that "if someone doesn't drink and doesn't smoke, this may make you think that he's simply a bastard", Andrei hopes that this isn't something about him.
