Vasiliy Shukshin

    Vasiliy Shukshin

    July 25, 1929 (95 years old) in Srostki, Srostinskiy rayon, Sibirskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR

    Vasily Makarovich Shukshin (Russian: Василий Макарович Шукшин; 25 July 1929 – 2 October 1974) was a Soviet Russian writer, actor, screenwriter and film director from the Altay region who specialized in rural themes.

    Known For

    Liberation: Direction of the Main BlowLiberation: Direction of the Main Blow
    They Fought for Their MotherlandThey Fought for Their Motherland
    The KillersThe Killers
    The CommissarThe Commissar
    The Red Snowball TreeThe Red Snowball Tree

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