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Leonid Solovyov


Born
in Tripoli, Lebanon
August 06, 1906

Died
April 09, 1962


Born in Tripoli, Syria (now Lebanon) where his father taught at the Russian consulate, Leonid Solovyov began writing as a newspaper correspondent (in Uzbek) for the Pravda Vostoka, published in Tashkent.

His first book was Lenin in Eastern Folk Art (Moscow, 1930), which he described as "a volume of Central Asian post-revolutionary folklore." His masterpiece is Tale of Hodja Nasreddin, which Alexei Tolstoy hailed as a work of unusual talent.

During the Second World War, Solovyov served as a war correspondent and produced several wartime stories and screenplays.

In 1946, Solovyov was accused of conspiring to commit acts of terrorism against the Soviet state. He was interned in several prison camps until 1954, when he was cleared of all charges ...more

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