Today we will talk about who Vasily Peskov was. The biography of this incredibly tantalum man is given below. We are talking about the Soviet and Russian writer, journalist, photojournalist, TV presenter of the program "In the world of animals" (from 1975 to 1990), a traveler. He was awarded the Lenin Prize in 1964, as well as the award of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of mass media from 2013 (posthumous).
Biography
Vasily Peskov was born in 1930,
on March 14, in the village of Orlovo, now it belongs to the Novousmansky district of the Voronezh region. His parents were a machinist and a peasant woman. Finished school. The next step was getting a vocational education. He entered the Voronezh school of projectionists. Now this educational institution has the status of an industrial and humanitarian college. He worked as a driver, pioneer leader, projectionist. He became interested in photographing nature in his youth. Since 1953 he worked in the newspaper of the city of Voronezh under the name “Young Communard”. First became a photographer. After the incredibly successful publication of his first essay, “April in the Forest,” he became a full-time correspondent. In 1956, he sent several of his own articles to the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda. As a result, he is invited to Moscow. Since 1956, Vasily Peskov is a columnist for Komsomolskaya Pravda. Permanent author of a column entitled "Window on the nature." The debut book of essays by the author was published in 1960. In 1975-1990 he led the program "In the world of animals", together with
Nikolai Drozdov. Children Vasily Peskov loved no less than adults, because since 1992 he began to work in the magazine "Anthill". There, his rubric was entitled "Uncle Vasya Tells."
About myself
The writer notes that he received his first lessons in life in the family. He was the oldest child. Mother and father loved the children, but did not indulge. According to the author, only with the advent of years can one appreciate the wisdom of such education. The love for the nature around us in a young man was brought up by his school teacher named Vasily Nikolaevich. He went with children to the forest, showed different birds, talked about nature. At home he lived a quail. During the lesson, each time he opened the window, and then on the windowsill he dropped crumbs, thus feeding the birds. Teacher really wanted the children to love the village. He often recalled that it was in the village that poets grew up. According to the writer, he traveled to many countries, was able to see the beauty of nature in various places, but he was always thirsty for knowledge of the unknown.
Leaving life
Vasily Peskov died in 2013, on August 12, in Moscow. He was 83 years old. According to the will, the body of Vasily Mikhailovich was cremated, his ashes were scattered over the field of the village of Orlovo, in the Voronezh region. It happened on September 20, when it was 40 days since the death of the writer. The described field is located at the edge of the forest, not far from the stone. It was during his life from Mordovia that Vasily Mikhailovich himself brought. The stone is decorated with the words of the writer.
Awards
Vasily Peskov in 1964 received the Lenin Prize for a book entitled "Steps on the Dew." In 2003, he won the fourth degree Order of Merit for the Fatherland - for his contribution to national journalism. In 2013, he was posthumously awarded the Russian Government Prize in the field of mass media. Thus, his contribution to the life of the media was noted.
Bibliography
Vasily Peskov in 1960 published a book, "Notes of a photographer." In 1963, the work "Steps on the Dew" appeared. He also wrote the work “Visiting Sholokhov.” In 1963, the book "Wait for us, stars." In 1965, White Dreams appeared. In 1966, the author writes the book "He was a scout." In 1967, the "End of the World" appears. In 1969, the work Traveling with a Young Month was published. In 1971, the book "Rye Song" appeared. In 1972, the work "Fatherland." In collaboration with B. Strelnikov, the writer creates the book “Earth across the ocean” in 1975. The work “The River of My Childhood” was published in 1978. The book "Birds on the wires" appears in 1982. It is dedicated to ecology. It has a chapter on people who are inextricably linked with nature (Veprintsev Boris Nikolaevich, Zuev Dmitry Pavlovich, Ernest Seton-Thompson, Alfred Brem,
Joy Adamson). A documentary story dedicated to the family of unusual hermits Lykovs is published in 1983. It is called the Taiga Dead End. In 1985, the book Away and At Home appeared. In 1986, the work "It All Was." In 1987, The House with the Rooster was published. In 1988, the book "Streaks" was published. She entered the series "Fatherland". The work "Sister Alaska" comes out in 1991. It is dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the opening of the peninsula by Russian sailors. Further, the fee for a shot comes out from under the pen of the writer. In 1994, the book Alaska More Than You Think appeared. In 1994, the work “Russian Footprint” appeared, created in collaboration with M. Zhilin. It is dedicated to the
Aleutian Islands, Alaska, the Commander Islands, Kamchatka, and the Sea of ​​Okhotsk. The book "Wanderings" appears in 1991. In two parts, in 2001, “Window into the Nature." In 2010, the book “War and People” appears. In 2011, the work "Love - Photography: What, Where, Why and How I Filmed" was published. Now you know everything about a writer and journalist named Vasily Peskov. Photos of this great man are attached to the material.