Fabian Abramovich Garin (1895–1990) was a Soviet writer and

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veteran.

Biography

He had graduated from the

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in 1924, but lived and worked in

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. Among his works are documentary and

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books ''Towards the Pole'' (1937), ''The Expulsion of Napoleon'' (1948), ''Vasily Blücher'' (1963–67) and ''The Flowers on Tanks'' (1963). Participant of the Second World War. He served in the editorial office of the newspaper "For the Defeat of the Enemy" of the 29th Army. In 1942, he was contused. He participated in the Kaliningrad defensive and offensive, Rzhevsko-Vyazemsky and Rzhevsko-Sychevsky operations. Since 1943, he was a special correspondent for the newspaper in the 8th Guards Mechanized Corps. He took part in the Demyansk operation, the Battle of Kursk, the Belgorod-Kharkiv, Kyiv Defensive, Zhytomyr-Berdychiv, Korsun-Shevchenkivsk, Proskuriv-Chernivtsi, Lviv-Sandomyr, Warsaw-Poznan, East Pomeranian and Berlin operations. On July 15, 1944, he was wounded. He finished the war with the rank of Guards Major.

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1895 births 1990 deaths Writers from Kyiv People from Kievsky Uyezd Ukrinform people Soviet writers Kyiv Polytechnic Institute alumni Soviet military personnel of World War II {{Ukraine-writer-stub