Vasiliy Mihaylovich Peskov
1930
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2013
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Soviet Union, Russia
native language: Russian
languages spoken, written or signed: Russian
occupation: journalist, photojournalist, presenter, prosaist, television journalist, traveler
award received: Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV class, Lenin Prize, Order of the October Revolution, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the Badge of Honour, Golden Pen of Russia, Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of mass media
official website: www.iainbanks.net
Vasily Mikhailovich Peskov (Russian: Васи́лий Миха́йлович Песко́в; 14 March 1930 – 12 August 2013) was a Soviet and Russian writer, journalist, photographer, traveler and ecologist. He worked in the Russian tabloid newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda since 1956. From 1975 until 1990, he conducted the TV programme In the World of Animals on Soviet TV. In 1964, he was awarded a Lenin Prize. In 1990, he was among the winners of UNEP's Global 500 Roll of Honour. In 2013, the Voronezh Nature Reserve, one of the oldest reserves in Russia, was officially renamed in his honor. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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