| Vasily Peskov | |
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| Born | (1930-03-14)14 March 1930 Orlovo, Central Black Earth Oblast, Soviet Union |
| Died | 12 August 2013(2013-08-12) (aged 83) Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Notable works | Lost in the Taiga |
Vasily Mikhailovich Peskov (Russian: Васи́лий Миха́йлович Песко́в; 14 March 1930 – 12 August 2013) was a Soviet and Russian writer, journalist, photographer, traveler and ecologist. He worked in the Russian tabloid newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda since 1956. From 1975 until 1990, he conducted the TV programme In the World of Animals on Soviet TV.
In 1964, he was awarded a Lenin Prize. In 1990, he was among the winners of UNEP's Global 500 Roll of Honour. In 2013, the Voronezh Nature Reserve, one of the oldest reserves in Russia, was officially renamed in his honor.
Books
- Steps on Dew (1963)
- White Dreams (1965)
- End of the World (1967)
- The Roads of America (1973, with Boris Strelnikov)
- War and People (1979)
- Lost in the Taiga: One Russian Family's Fifty-Year Struggle for Survival and Religious Freedom in the Siberian Wilderness (1990) about the Lykov family
- Alaska is Greater than You Think (1995)
- Wanderings (1999)
- Proselki (2000)
Awards
References
- Ушёл из жизни легендарный журналист, автор «Окна в природу» Василий Михайлович Песков
- Писатели Москвы: Биобиблиографический справочник / Сост.: Е. П. Ионов, С. П. Колов.— М.: Моск. рабочий, 1987. — С. 355.
External links
- Yankee In Kamchatka, with Robert Perkins and Vasily Peskov (in English)
- Russian literature of 20th century. Nikolai Skatov (ed.) Vol. 3. Olma-Press, Moscow, 2005.
- Заглядывающий в природу (in Russian)
- Adult Award Winner in 1990
- Vasily Peskov // mosdepkultura
- 1930 births
- 2013 deaths
- 20th-century Russian journalists
- 20th-century Russian male writers
- 21st-century Russian journalists
- 21st-century Russian male writers
- People from Novousmansky District
- Recipients of the Lenin Prize
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
- Recipients of the Order of the Badge of Honour
- Recipients of the Order of the October Revolution
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Russian male journalists
- Russian photojournalists
- Russian television journalists
- Russian television presenters
- Soviet journalists
- Soviet male writers
- Soviet photojournalists
- Soviet television presenters