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Vasily Peskov

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Vasily Peskov
Born(1930-03-14)14 March 1930
Orlovo, Central Black Earth Oblast, Soviet Union
Died12 August 2013(2013-08-12) (aged 83)
Moscow, Russia
OccupationWriter, journalist
NationalityRussian
Notable worksLost in the Taiga

Vasily Mikhailovich Peskov (Russian: Васи́лий Миха́йлович Песко́в; 14 March 1930 – 12 August 2013[1]) 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.

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  1. ^ Ушёл из жизни легендарный журналист, автор «Окна в природу» Василий Михайлович Песков
  2. ^ Писатели Москвы: Биобиблиографический справочник / Сост.: Е. П. Ионов, С. П. Колов.— М.: Моск. рабочий, 1987. — С. 355.
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