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Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Shishkov
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Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Shishkov — a Russian Soviet writer and engineer. He was born on 21 September (3 October) 1873 in Bezhetsk, Tver Governorate, into a small shopkeeper's family. After graduating from the six-year municipal school, Shishkov graduated with honors from the Vyshnevolotsk Technical School.
In 1894 he began working in Siberia, in the Tomsk communications district. Shishkov led numerous expeditions along the largest Siberian rivers: the Irtysh, the Ob, the Biya, the Katun, the Yenisei, the Lower Tunguska, and the Angara. His years in Siberia inspired his literary work.
Shishkov's works are mainly devoted to the nature, history, and ethnic groups of Siberia. His best-known work is the novel 'The Gloomy River'. The writer was awarded the Medal 'For the Defense of Leningrad' and the Orders of Lenin and the 'Badge of Honor', and was also posthumously awarded the Stalin Prize (1946) for the novel 'Emelyan Pugachev'. Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Shishkov died on 6 March 1945 in Moscow and was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery.
Date of birth
21 September 1873
Date of death
06 March 1945
Occupation
Writer