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Leonid Leonov
Leonid Maksimovich Leonov was a Soviet novelist and playwright of socialist realism. His works have been compared with Dostoevsky's deep psychological torment.
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culture · Russian writer · playwright · writer · journalist · prose writer · politician · poet · also Leonid Leonov, Leonid Maximovich Leonov, Leonid Maksimovich Leonov, Leonov
Born 19 May 1899 · Died 8 August 1994 · Q471664
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1994· 2 entries
Died 1994-08-08.
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Awarded Order of Friendship of Peoples (1994).
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1984· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1984).
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1979· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Lenin (1979).
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1974· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Lenin (1974).
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1971· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the October Revolution (1971).
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1969· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Lenin (1969).
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1967· 3 entries
Awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (1967).
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Awarded Order of Lenin (1967).
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Leonov was named a Hero of Socialist Labour
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1959· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Lenin (1959).
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1946· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Lenin (1946).
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1945· 1 entry
Leonov served as a correspondent for Pravda at the Nuremberg trials
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1939· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1939).
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1934· 1 entry
Leonov helped Maxim Gorky to found the Union of Soviet Writers
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1899· 1 entry
Born 1899-05-19.
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