Georgi Nikolayevich Vladimov (russian: Гео́ргий Никола́евич Влади́мов; real family name Volosevich, russian: Волосевич; 19 February 1931,

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) was a Russian

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writer.

Biography

In 1977 he became the leader of the

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section of

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, forbidden in the

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. In 1983, he emigrated to

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. Vladimov's most famous novel is ''Faithful Ruslan,'' the tale of a

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in a Soviet

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, told from the

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's perspective. It circulated in the Soviet Union as a

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publication, before being published in West Germany in 1975. His novel ''The General and His Army'', on General Chibisov (Kobrissov) and

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, was awarded the

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in 1995 and the

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in 2000.

Works

* ''The Great Ore'' (''Большая руда'', 1961) * ''Three Minutes of Silence'' (''Три минуты молчания'', 1969) * '' Faithful Ruslan'' (''Верный Руслан'', 1975) * ''The Sixth Soldier'', 1981 * ''Pay No Attention, Maestro'' (Не обращайте внимания, маэстро, 1983) * ''The General and His Army'' (''Генерал и его армия'', 1994)

References

External links

Encyclopædia Britannica article
* 1931 births 2003 deaths Writers from Kharkiv Saint Petersburg State University alumni Russian male novelists Soviet writers Soviet dissidents Russian Booker Prize winners 20th-century novelists People denaturalized by the Soviet Union Soviet emigrants to West Germany Amnesty International people 20th-century Russian male writers {{Russia-writer-stub