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Vasily Belov

1932 - 2012

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Vasily Ivanovich Belov (Russian: Васи́лий Ива́нович Бело́в; 23 October 1932 – 4 December 2012) was a Soviet and Russian writer, poet and dramatist, who published more than sixty books which sold (as of 1998) seven million copies. A prominent member of the influential 1970s–1980s derevenschiki movement, Belov's best known novels include Business as Usual (Привычное дело, 1966), Eves (Кануны, 1972–1987), The Best is Yet to Come (Всё впереди, 1986) and The Year of a Major Breakdown (Год великого перелома, 1989–1994). Vasily Belov was a harsh critic of the Soviet rural policies (particularly collectivization), which he felt were dominated by the cosmopolitan doctrines aiming at repressing the Russian national identity. Even detractors, though, praised Vasily Belov's tough stance on ecological issues and his activities aimed at restoration of the old Russian historic sites and churches. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vasily Belov is the 5,731st most popular writer (up from 5,826th in 2019), the 2,175th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,231st in 2019) and the 255th most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Vasily Belov ranks 5,731 out of 7,302. Before him are J. Bernlef, Bill O'Reilly, George Mikes, Rıfat Ilgaz, Sibylle Riqueti de Mirabeau, and Trudi Canavan. After him are Dragojla Jarnević, William Cullen Bryant, David Garnett, Peter Seeberg, Hanya Yanagihara, and Wilhelm Genazino.

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Among people born in 1932, Vasily Belov ranks 455. Before him are Yasutomi Nishizuka, Amleto Frignani, Eeva Ruoppa, Nikolay Anikin, Bruno Visintin, and Aladár Kovácsi. After him are Els Borst, Alma Cogan, Gösta Sandberg, Dániel Magay, Sidney Verba, and Marguerite Pindling. Among people deceased in 2012, Vasily Belov ranks 379. Before him are Clive Dunn, Sherman Hemsley, Oscar Rossi, Vincenzo Consolo, Horst Faas, and J. Bernlef. After him are Jenni Rivera, Rino Ferrario, Eric Sykes, Verghese Kurien, Margaret Mahy, and Vladimir Astapovsky.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasily Belov ranks 2,175 out of 3,761. Before him are Zinaida Yermolyeva (1898), Yuri Samarin (1819), Sofia Muratova (1929), Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin (1953), Igor Lediakhov (1968), and Mikhail Yefremov (1963). After him are Yegor Letov (1964), Igor Akinfeev (1986), Vladimir Belousov (1946), Viktor Krovopuskov (1948), Ansa Ikonen (1913), and Roman Pavlyuchenko (1981).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Vasily Belov ranks 255. Before him are Alexander Shishkov (1754), Pentti Saarikoski (1937), Evgeny Sveshnikov (1950), Ivan Dmitriev (1760), Darya Dontsova (1952), and Yuri Samarin (1819). After him are Majit Gafuri (1880), Semyon Nadson (1862), Olavi Paavolainen (1903), Vladislav Krapivin (1938), Algis Budrys (1931), and Yakov Polonsky (1819).

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