Vasily Shukshin

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Vasily Shukshin

Born

in Srostki, Altay, Russian Federation

July 25, 1929

Died

October 02, 1974

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Vasily Makarovich Shukshin (Russian: Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»Ð¸Ð¹ ÐœÐ°ÐºÐ°Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð¨ÑƒÐºÑˆÐ¸Ð½, Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»Ð¸Ð¹ Ð¨ÑƒÐºÑˆÐ¸Ð½; 25 July 1929 â€� 2 October 1974) was a Soviet/Russian actor, writer, screenwriter and movie director from the Altay region who specialized in rural themes.

Vasiliy Makarovich Shukshin was born on 25 July 1929 to a peasant family in the village of Srostki in Altai Krai, USSR. In 1933, his father, Makar Leont'evich Shukshin, was arrested and shot during repressions associated with mandated collectivization. His mother, Maria Sergeyevna (nÃ©e Popov), had to look after the survival of the entire family. By 1943 Shukshin had finished 7 years of village school and entered an automobile technical school in Biysk. In 1945, after two and a half years at the school, but before Vasily Makarovich Shukshin (Russian: Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»Ð¸Ð¹ ÐœÐ°ÐºÐ°Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð¨ÑƒÐºÑˆÐ¸Ð½, Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»Ð¸Ð¹ Ð¨ÑƒÐºÑˆÐ¸Ð½; 25 July 1929 â€� 2 October 1974) was a Soviet/Russian actor, writer, screenwriter and movie director from the Altay region who specialized in rural themes.

Vasiliy Makarovich Shukshin was born on 25 July 1929 to a peasant family in the village of Srostki in Altai Krai, USSR. In 1933, his father, Makar Leont'evich Shukshin, was arrested and shot during repressions associated with mandated collectivization. His mother, Maria Sergeyevna (nÃ©e Popov), had to look after the survival of the entire family. By 1943 Shukshin had finished 7 years of village school and entered an automobile technical school in Biysk. In 1945, after two and a half years at the school, but before finishing, he quit to work in a kolkhoz.

In 1946 Shukshin left his native village and worked as a metal craftsman at several enterprises in the trust Soyuzprommekhanizatsiya: at the turbine plant in Kaluga, at the tractor plant in Vladimir, etc. In 1949, Shukshin was drafted into the Navy. He first served as a sailor in the Baltic Fleet, then a radio operator on the Black Sea. In 1953 he was demobilized due to a stomach ulcer and returned to his native village. Having passed an external exam for high school graduation, he became a teacher of Russian, and later a school principal in Srostki.

In 1954 Shukshin entered the directors department of the VGIK, studied under Mikhail Romm and Sergei Gerasimov, and graduated in 1960. While studying at VGIK in 1958, Shukshin had his first leading role in Marlen Khutsiyev's film Two Fedors and appeared in the graduation film by Andrei Tarkovsky. In 1958 Shukhin published his first short story "Two on the cart" in the magazine Smena. His first collection of stories Ð¡ÐµÐ»ÑŒÑÐºÐ¸Ðµ Ð¶Ð¸Ñ‚ÐµÐ»Ð¸ (Village Dwellers) was published in 1963. That same year, he became staff director at the Gorky Film Studio in Moscow. He wrote and directed Ð–Ð¸Ð²Ñ‘Ñ‚ Ñ‚Ð°ÐºÐ¾Ð¹ Ð¿Ð°Ñ€ÐµÐ½ÑŒ (There Is Such a Lad). The film premiered in 1965, winning top honours at the All-Union Film Festival in Leningrad and the Golden Lion at the XVI International Film Festival in Venice. Shukshin was decorated with the Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1967), and was designated Distinguished Artist of the RSFSR (1969).

Shukshin died suddenly on 1974-10-02, on the motor ship Dunai, on the Volga river, while filming They fought for their motherland. He is buried in Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow. ...more

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	Ð Ð°ÑÑÐºÐ°Ð·Ñ‹ by Vasily Shukshin, Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»Ð¸Ð¹ Ð¨ÑƒÐºÑˆÐ¸Ð½ 4.29 avg rating — 219 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ÐšÐ°Ð»Ð¸Ð½Ð° ÐºÑ€Ð°ÑÐ½Ð°Ñ by Vasily Shukshin, Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»Ð¸Ð¹ Ð¨ÑƒÐºÑˆÐ¸Ð½ 3.90 avg rating — 214 ratings — published 1973 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stories from a Siberian Village (NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies) by Vasily Shukshin, John Givens (Translator), Laura Michael (Translator) 4.17 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ð›ÑŽÐ±Ð°Ð²Ð¸Ð½Ñ‹ by Vasily Shukshin, Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»Ð¸Ð¹ Ð¨ÑƒÐºÑˆÐ¸Ð½ 4.05 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1987 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ÐŸÐ¾Ð»Ð½Ð¾Ðµ ÑÐ¾Ð±Ñ€Ð°Ð½Ð¸Ðµ Ñ€Ð°ÑÑÐºÐ°Ð·Ð¾Ð² Ð² Ð¾Ð´Ð½Ð¾Ð¼ Ñ‚Ð¾Ð¼Ðµ by Vasily Shukshin, Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»Ð¸Ð¹ Ð¨ÑƒÐºÑˆÐ¸Ð½ 4.62 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ð¯ Ð¿Ñ€Ð¸ÑˆÐµÐ» Ð´Ð°Ñ‚ÑŒ Ð²Ð°Ð¼ Ð²Ð¾Ð»ÑŽ by Vasily Shukshin, Ulla-Liisa Heino (Translator), Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»Ð¸Ð¹ Ð¨ÑƒÐºÑˆÐ¸Ð½ 4.12 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1971 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ð”Ð¾ Ñ‚Ñ€ÐµÑ‚ÑŒÐ¸Ñ… Ð¿ÐµÑ‚ÑƒÑ…Ð¾Ð² by Vasily Shukshin, Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»Ð¸Ð¹ Ð¨ÑƒÐºÑˆÐ¸Ð½ 3.54 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I want to Live 4.17 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1973 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ÐŸÐ¾Ð·Ð¾Ð²Ð¸ Ð¼ÐµÐ½Ñ Ð² Ð´Ð°Ð»ÑŒ ÑÐ²ÐµÑ‚Ð»ÑƒÑŽ : Ð¿Ð¾Ð²ÐµÑÑ‚Ð¸ Ð¸ Ñ€Ð°ÑÑÐºÐ°Ð·Ñ‹ by Vasily Shukshin, Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»Ð¸Ð¹ Ð¨ÑƒÐºÑˆÐ¸Ð½ 4.40 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ÐŸÐ¾Ð²ÐµÑÑ‚Ð¸ Ð¸ Ñ€Ð°ÑÑÐºÐ°Ð·Ñ‹ by Vasily Shukshin, Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»Ð¸Ð¹ Ð¨ÑƒÐºÑˆÐ¸Ð½ 4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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