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Vasily Shukshin
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Soviet actor, writer, screenwriter and film director (1929-1974)

Also known as: Wassili Makarowitsch Schukschin, Schukschin, Vasily Makarovich Shukshin, Wassili Schukschin, Василий Макарович Шукшин, فاسيلي مكاروفيتش شوكشين

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Known works

  • Roubles in words, kopeks in figures, and other stories
  • I want to live
  • Mgnovenii︠a︡ zhizni
  • Short stories
  • Vasiliĭ Shukshin