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Konstantine Simonov

November 15, 1915 – August 28, 1979 · Soviet Union

Journalist, Poet, Translator, Playwright, Screenwriter, Writer, Prose writer, Politician, War correspondent

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Biography

Born: November 15, 1915 · Saint Petersburg
Died: August 28, 1979 · Moscow
Nationality: Soviet Union
Gender: Male
Languages: Russian
Education: Maxim Gorky Literature Institute, Moscow Institute of Philosophy, Literature, and History, V. I. Lenin Military-Political Academy

Awards & Honours

1950Stalin Prize
1974Hero of Socialist Labour
1974Lenin Prize
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Order of the Red Banner
Order of Lenin
Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class
Order of the Badge of Honour
Medal "For the Defence of Odessa"
Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad"
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Medal "For the Liberation of Prague"
Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
Order of the White Lion
Czechoslovak War Cross 1939–1945
Order of Sukhbaatar
Badge "25 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War"
Badge “Participant in the battles of Khalkhin Gol”
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