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Soviet and Russian writer, screenwriter (1924–2020)

Also known as: Juri Wassiljewitsch Bondarew, Juri Bondarew, Yuri Vasilyevich Bondarev, Юрий Бондарев, ユーリー・ボンダレフ, 尤里·瓦西里耶维奇·邦达列夫

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