Vasily Mikhailovich Peskov (russian: Васи́лий Миха́йлович Песко́в; 14 March 1930 – 12 August 2013) was a Russian writer, journalist, photographer, traveller and ecologist. He worked in the Russian

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'' 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

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, 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 B. 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)

Sources

* Russian literature of 20th century. N.N. Skatov (ed.) Vol. 3. Olma-Press, Moscow, 2005.
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Adult Award Winner in 1990

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External links

Yankee In Kamchatka, with Robert Perkins and Vasily Peskov (in English)
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