Question: Facts:   - instrument: acoustic guitar    - website: mikhail.novitskiy .9 mikhail novitsky    - birth name: mikhail v. novitsky    - genre: rock      - birth date: 17 december 1963    - name: mikhail v. novitsky    - image size: 300px    - background: solo_singer    - image: thumb    - birth place: brailiv soviet socialist republic , soviet union , zhmerynka raion , vinnytsia oblast , ukrainian    - associated acts: sp babai , avtobus , green wave   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mikhail novitsky .
Answer:
mikhail v. novitsky -lrb- ; born 17 december 1963 -rrb- is a russian actor , singer/songwriter and guitarist , who fronts the rock band `` sp babai '' -lrb- saint petersburg -rrb- , which he formed in 1993 from the ashes of his first band `` avtobus '' .he is also the organizer of the vladimir vysotsky singer-songwriter festival `` lampushka '' since 2001 .apart from music , he is an active member of his preservationist group `` green wave '' , which he set up to protect st. petersburg parks and lakes .