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Vasily Yan


Born
in Russian Federation
December 23, 1874

Died
August 05, 1954

Genre
Historical Fiction, Adventure


Vasily Yan. (Russian: Василий Ян ; 23 December 1874 (4 January 1875), Kiev - August 5, 1954, Zvenigorod Moscow Region) was a Russian writer. Also spelled "Vassily Yan" (or "Ian") or just "V. Yan", this is the pen name of Vassily Grigoryevich Yanchevetsky (Васи́лий Григо́рьевич Янчеве́цкий).

Born to a family of teachers, his father was from a Volynskih priests family, who graduated from seminary and taught Latin and Greek at the University Gymnasium.

In 1897, Yan graduated from the historical and philological faculty of St. Petersburg University. Impressions of a two-year tour of Russia form the backbone of his book Notes of a Pedestrian (1901). In 1901–1904 he served as inspector of wells in Turkestan, where he studied Oriental languages a ...more

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Average rating: 4.07 · 1,336 ratings · 89 reviews · 41 distinct works • Similar authors
Чингиз-хан (Нашествие монго...
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Батый (Нашествие монголов, #2)
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К "последнему морю" (Нашест...
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Огни на курганах
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Спартак
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Финикийский корабль
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A jégmezők lovagja
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В орлином гнезде «Старца го...
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Трюм и палуба
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Никита и Микитка
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Чингиз-хан Батый К "последнему морю"
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