Sergey Mikhalkov

1913 - 2009

genre: verse, fable, play, opinion journalism, poem

country of citizenship: Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Russia, Russian Republic

languages spoken, written or signed: Russian

occupation: playwright, screenwriter, poet, writer, children's writer, science fiction writer, lyricist, songwriter, politician, prosaist, opinion journalist, war correspondent, public figure, translator

award received: USSR State Prize, Zhukov Medal, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Red Banner, Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of Honour, Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Patriotic War 1st class, Polish Cultural Merit Order, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of Friendship of Peoples, Order of the Red Star, Medal "For the Defence of Odessa", Medal "For the Defence of Sevastopol", Medal "For the Capture of Budapest", Medal "For the Capture of Vienna", Medal "For the Liberation of Prague", Medal of Krupskaya, Medal "Veteran of Labour", Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Alexander Fadeyev Medal, Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow", Lenin Prize, Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh 2nd class, Ushinsky Medal, Order of Friendship, Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Smile, State Stalin Prize, 2nd degree, Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow", Golden Calf, Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called, 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", Jubilee Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR", Order of Cyril and Methodius, Order of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, Star of People's Friendship, Order of the Badge of Honour, Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Revolution", Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh

position held: deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, member of parliament

Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov (Russian: Сергей Владимирович Михалков; 13 March [O.S. 28 February] 1913 – 27 August 2009) was a Soviet and Russian author of children's books and satirical fables. He wrote the lyrics for the Soviet and Russian national anthems. Source: Wikipedia (en)