Juri Pavlovitš Kazakov
Born: 8th August 1927, Moscow, Russia
Died: 29th November 1982, Moscow, Russia
Nationality: Russian
Yuri Pavlovich Kazakov (Russian: Юрий Павлович Казаков) was a Russian author of short stories, often compared to Anton Chekhov and Ivan Bunin. Born in Moscow, he started out as a jazz musician, but turned to publishing his stories in 1952. He attended the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute, graduating in 1958.
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