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Biography
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.
Awards & recognition
- Lenin Prize · 1976
- USSR State Prize · 1971
- Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic · 1969
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour · 1967
- Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR · 1967



