Boris Vasilyev (Author of Ð Ð·Ð¾Ñ€Ð¸ Ð·Ð´ÐµÑÑŒ Ñ‚Ð¸Ñ…Ð¸Ðµ..)

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Boris Vasilyev

Born

in Smolensk, Soviet Union

May 21, 1924

Died

March 11, 2013

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Born into a family of Russian nobility. His father Lev Alexandrovich Vasilyev (1892â€�1968) came from a dynasty of military officers; he served in the Imperial Russian Army and took part in the First World War in the rank of Poruchik before joining the Red Army. Vasilyev's mother Elena Nikolaevna Alexeeva (1892â€�1978) belonged to a noble Alexeev family tree that traces its history back to the 15th century; her father was among the founders of the Circle of Tchaikovsky.

In 1941 Boris Vasilyev volunteered for the front line and joined a destruction battalion. He fought as part of the 3rd Guards Airborne Division up until 1943 when he was wounded in action and demobilized. After his World War II service, Vasiliev enrolled at the Malinovsky Tank Ac Born into a family of Russian nobility. His father Lev Alexandrovich Vasilyev (1892â€�1968) came from a dynasty of military officers; he served in the Imperial Russian Army and took part in the First World War in the rank of Poruchik before joining the Red Army. Vasilyev's mother Elena Nikolaevna Alexeeva (1892â€�1978) belonged to a noble Alexeev family tree that traces its history back to the 15th century; her father was among the founders of the Circle of Tchaikovsky.

In 1941 Boris Vasilyev volunteered for the front line and joined a destruction battalion. He fought as part of the 3rd Guards Airborne Division up until 1943 when he was wounded in action and demobilized. After his World War II service, Vasiliev enrolled at the Malinovsky Tank Academy.

His short novel The Dawns Here Are Quiet was a Soviet bestseller, selling 1.8 million copies within a year after its publication in 1969. It was adapted for the stage and the screen; there is also an opera by Kirill Molchanov, and a Chinese TV series based on the story.

The Dawns Here Are Quiet was the first of Vasiliev's sentimental patriotic tales of female heroism in the Second World War ("Not on the Active List", 1974; "Tomorrow There Came War", 1984) which brought him renown in the Soviet Union, China, and other communist countries. Some of his books give a harsh picture of life in Stalin's Russia.

Vasiliev's short novel Don't Shoot the White Swans (1973), a milestone of Russian-language environmental fiction, is sharply critical of "the senseless destruction of beautiful creatures and the exploitation of nature for personal gain". It was made into a 1980 Soviet film.

Vasiliev was awarded the USSR State Prize for 1975 and was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1989, he quit the USSR Communist Party but grew disillusioned with the Perestroika rather quickly. In October 1993, he signed the Letter of Forty-Two. Late in life, Vasiliev turned to historical fiction based on incidents from medieval Russian chronicles. ...more

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	Ð Ð·Ð¾Ñ€Ð¸ Ð·Ð´ÐµÑÑŒ Ñ‚Ð¸Ñ…Ð¸Ðµ.. 4.48 avg rating — 1,380 ratings — published 1969 — 60 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’ ÑÐ¿Ð¸ÑÐºÐ°Ñ… Ð½Ðµ Ð·Ð½Ð°Ñ‡Ð¸Ð»ÑÑ by Boris Vasilyev, Ð‘Ð¾Ñ€Ð¸Ñ Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»ÑŒÐµÐ² 4.48 avg rating — 464 ratings — published 1974 — 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 Ð·Ð¾Ñ€Ð¸ Ð·Ð´ÐµÑÑŒ Ñ‚Ð¸Ñ…Ð¸Ðµ... / Ð—Ð°Ð²Ñ‚Ñ€Ð° Ð±Ñ‹Ð»Ð° Ð²Ð¾Ð¹Ð½Ð° by Boris Vasilyev, Ð‘Ð¾Ñ€Ð¸Ñ Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»ÑŒÐµÐ² 4.54 avg rating — 425 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	ÐÐµ ÑÑ‚Ñ€ÐµÐ»ÑÐ¹Ñ‚Ðµ Ð² Ð±ÐµÐ»Ñ‹Ñ… Ð»ÐµÐ±ÐµÐ´ÐµÐ¹ by Boris Vasilyev, Ð‘Ð¾Ñ€Ð¸Ñ Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»ÑŒÐµÐ² 4.25 avg rating — 175 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
	Ð—Ð°Ð²Ñ‚Ñ€Ð° Ð±Ñ‹Ð»Ð° Ð²Ð¾Ð¹Ð½Ð° 4.47 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1984 — 5 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
	Stalin Mi-a Furat CopilÄƒria 4.41 avg rating — 68 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
	VÃ nÆ¡i Ä‘Ã¢y bÃ¬nh minh yÃªn tÄ©nh / TÃªn anh chÆ°a cÃ³ trong danh sÃ¡ch by Boris Vasilyev, Äá»©c Máº«n (Translator), Äá»©c Thuáº§n (Translator) 4.47 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1993 — 7 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—Ð°Ð²Ñ‚Ñ€Ð° Ð±Ñ‹Ð»Ð° Ð²Ð¾Ð¹Ð½Ð° 4.25 avg rating — 28 ratings	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
	ÐÐµÐ¾Ð¿Ð°Ð»Ð¸Ð¼Ð°Ñ ÐºÑƒÐ¿Ð¸Ð½Ð° by Boris Vasilyev, Ð‘Ð¾Ñ€Ð¸Ñ Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»ÑŒÐµÐ² 4.32 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1994	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
	ÐžÑ„Ð¸Ñ†ÐµÑ€Ñ‹ by Boris Vasilyev, Ð‘Ð¾Ñ€Ð¸Ñ Ð’Ð°ÑÐ¸Ð»ÑŒÐµÐ² 4.52 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2009	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