Vasiliy Shukshin

Vasiliy Shukshin

1929-07-25 | Srostki, Srostinskiy rayon, Sibirskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR

1974-10-02

Vasily Makarovich Shukshin (Russian: Василий Макарович Шукшин; 25 July 1929 – 2 October 1974) was a Soviet Russian writer, actor, screenwriter and film director from the Altay region who specialized in rural themes.