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Yuri Kazakov


Born
in Moscow, Russian Federation
August 08, 1927

Died
November 29, 1982

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Influences
Anton Chejov, Ivan Bunin, Maksim Gorki


Yuri Pavlovich Kazakov was a Russian author of short stories. He started out as a jazz musician, but turned to publishing his stories in 1952. He attended the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute, graduating in 1958. Kazakov was born to a worker's family in Moscow and grew up in the old Arbat area, which has today been turned into a tourist attraction but in the mid-1900s was the focal point of Russian culture. He emerged as a writer only thanks to the short period in recent Russian history known as "the Thaw", but in the mid-1960s, this period gave way to stagnation in culture and public life. Kazakov produced some of his best stories in the 1970s, which dealt with the merging of two souls, the soul of the newborn and the soul of the poet at t ...more

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Во сне ты горько плакал

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Голубое и зеленое

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4.30 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1961 — 6 editions
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Тихое утро

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4.33 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2014
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Teddy

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3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1986 — 3 editions
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Autumn in the Oak Woods

3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1961 — 7 editions
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Запах хлеба; Некрасивая; О ...

3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
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Двое в декабре

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4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1962
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La petite gare

3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1964 — 4 editions
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Рассказы

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4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1968
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