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Colonel Voropayev is seriously wounded during the Patriotic War. As a one-legged invalid and suffering from tuberculosis, he comes to the beautiful Crimea resignedly to live out his life in seclusion, far from people and the world - depressed by his health, he believes that he is useless to society. But then he comes to the realization that it is not just a battle line, but also no less important is the peace front, the labor front. By joining the collective of workers, he finds the meaning of life again....
364 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1950
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Pyotr Pavlenko
11 books2 followersPyotr Andreevich Pavlenko (Cyrillic: Пётр Андреевич Павленко) was a Soviet writer. Laureate of four Stalin Prizes of the first degree (1941, 1947, 1948, 1950). The most famous cultural figure of the Stalin era, when many of his works were considered classics. Member of the RCP(b) since 1920.
Pavlenko was born in St. Petersburg in the family of a craftsman, grew up in Tiflis and graduated from a real school there (1917). He studied at the Polytechnic in Baku (1917-1920). He served as a commissar in the Red Army. In 1924-1927 he worked in the Soviet trade mission in Turkey, then in Europe. Upon his return to Moscow in 1928, he briefly joined the Pereval group, and soon became one of the leading literary functionaries. Member of the SP of the USSR since 1934.
During World War II, he was a special correspondent for the newspapers Pravda and Krasnaya Zvezda. Brigadier Commissioner. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 3rd convocation since 1950.
From 1945 until the end of his life, for health reasons, he lived in the Crimea, where he created the Crimean Writers' Organization and led it. He achieved the publication of the almanac "Crimea" and was its editor.
Pavlenko was born in St. Petersburg in the family of a craftsman, grew up in Tiflis and graduated from a real school there (1917). He studied at the Polytechnic in Baku (1917-1920). He served as a commissar in the Red Army. In 1924-1927 he worked in the Soviet trade mission in Turkey, then in Europe. Upon his return to Moscow in 1928, he briefly joined the Pereval group, and soon became one of the leading literary functionaries. Member of the SP of the USSR since 1934.
During World War II, he was a special correspondent for the newspapers Pravda and Krasnaya Zvezda. Brigadier Commissioner. Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of the 3rd convocation since 1950.
From 1945 until the end of his life, for health reasons, he lived in the Crimea, where he created the Crimean Writers' Organization and led it. He achieved the publication of the almanac "Crimea" and was its editor.
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