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Leonid Leonov

Russian writer (1899-1994) · Russia · On the map · Writers · Died at 95

Leonid Maksimovich Leonov was a Soviet novelist and playwright of socialist realism. His works have been compared with Dostoevsky's deep psychological torment.

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1994Died8 August 1994Order of Friendship of PeoplesAward1984Order of the Red Banner of LabourAward1979Order of LeninAward1974Order of LeninAward1971Order of the October RevolutionAward1969Order of LeninAward1967Hero of Socialist LabourAwardOrder of LeninAward1959Order of LeninAward1946Order of LeninAward1939Order of the Red Banner of LabourAward1899Born7 May 1899

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Order of Friendship of Peoples1994
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1984
Order of Lenin1979
Order of Lenin1974
Order of the October Revolution1971
Order of Lenin1969
Order of Lenin1967
Hero of Socialist Labour1967
Order of Lenin1959
Order of Lenin1946
Order of the Red Banner of Labour1939
Stalin Prize
USSR State Prize
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Lenin Prize
Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"

About this person

Country
Russia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1994 · aged 95

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Writers from Russia 6

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