Vasily Makarovich Shukshin

Main periods of
V. Shukshin's
life and creativity


July 25
1929
Born in the village of Srostky, Biysk district, the Altai
1936
1943
Learned at Srostky Secondary School, finished 7 grades
1944
1947
A student of Biysk Automobile Techical colege
1949 NavyConscript
1949
1953
The Baltic navy seaman, later the Black Sea navy radio operator
1953 Demobilized, returned to his native village, sat his examinations as an external student
1953
1954
Worked at young workers' school as a teacher and a school master
May
1954
Candidate - member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
August
1954
Passed the entrance exams and became a first year student of the producer faculty of the State Cinema Institute, M. Romm's studio
1958 The first story "The Two on the Cart" published in No. 15, 1958 "Smena" Magazine. A leading part in the film "Two Feodors"
1959 "The Gold Echelon" film, the part of Andrey Nizovtsev
1960 ò"A Simple Story" film, the part of Ivan Lykov. Shukshin's graduation work as a producer "They inform from Lebyazhye"
December
1960
Graduated from the State Cinema Institute got film producer diploma
1961 "Aleonka" film, the part of Stepan Revun, "When the Trees were Big" film, the part of a collective farm head, "Mishka, Sereoga and Me" film, the part of Gennady Nicolaievitch
1963 The first story book "The Villagers" printed by "Molodaya Gvardia" ("Young Guards") publishing house in Moscow
1964 The produser and the script writer of the film "There Lives Such a Fellow". This film won the first prize at the All Union film festival in Lenindrad and the main reward of the XVI International film festival in Venice - "The Gold Lion of Saint Mark"
1965 The novel "The Lubavins" edited by "Sovetsky Pisatel" ("The Soviet Writer") pyblishing house in Moscow, "What is the Sea" film, the part of Ghorka
1966 "The Journalist" film, the part of Eugene Korpatchev, the produser and the script writer of the film "Your Son and Brother". For that film V.Shukshin was awarded Brothers Vasilyev State Russia Prize
1968 Film "Near the Lake", the part of Vasily Chernykh. V. Shukshin became Honoured Art Worker of Russia. The producer and the script writer of the film "The Strange People"
1970 The story book "Countrymen" printed by the "Soviet Russia" publishing house in Moscow
1971 V. Shukshin was awarded the USSR State Prize for the part of Vasily Chernykh, got the Order of the Red Banner. He took part in the film epic "Osvobozhdenie" ("Liberation"), the part of Marshal Konev
1972 The scriptwriter, producer of the film "Petchki - Lavotcki" ("Oven - Benches). Shukshin played the main part of tractor-driver Ivan Rastorguev
1973 The story book "Characters". The producer and the script writer of the film "Kalina Krasnaya" ("The Red Gyelder Rose"). The main part of Egor Prokudin
1974 Film "The Red Gyelder Rose" was awarded the prize of the VIII All Union film festival. For the part of Egor Prokudin in this film V. Shukshin was considered to be the best actor of the year. The last part of Peotr Lopakhin played by Shukshin in the film "They Struggled for Their Motherland" (after M. Sholokhov's novel). The story book "The Talks under the Bight Moon, "Soviet Writer" publishing house
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October
1974
Vasily M. Shukshin died during the shooting of the film "They Struggled for Their Motherland" from a sudden heart attack
1975 For the part of Peotr Lopakhin in the film "They Struggled for Their Motherland" V. Shukshin was considered to be the best actor of the year
1976 For the creative achievements of the last years in the field of the cinema V.M. Shukshin was awarded with the Lenin Prize (posthumosly)