Mikhail Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (russian: Михаил Владимирович Михалков; 28 December 1922,

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– 5 September 2006, Moscow) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

intelligence officer and writer working under the pen names M. Andronov (М. Андронов) and M. Lugovykh (М. Луговых). He was a younger brother of Soviet poet

Sergey Mikhalkov Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (russian: link=no, Серге́й Влади́мирович Михалко́в; 27 August 2009) was a Soviet and Russian author of children's books and satirical fables. He wrote the lyrics for the Soviet and Russ ...

.Mikhail Mikhalkov on the site of Moscow Writer's Union

''Parlamentskaya Gazeta'', 27 May 2003

Biography

Mikhail Mikhalkov was born to the

Mikhalkov Mikhalkov (russian: Михалков) is a Russian noble family, which is known from the end of the 15th century.