Vasily Peskov

Vasily Peskov
Born (1930-03-14)March 14, 1930
Orlovo, Central Black Earth Oblast (now Voronezh Oblast), Soviet Union
Died August 12, 2013(2013-08-12) (aged 83)
Moscow, Russia
Occupation writer, journalist
Nationality Russian
Notable works Lost in the Taiga

Vasily Mikhailovich Peskov (March 14, 1930 – August 12, 2013) was a Russian writer, journalist, photographer, traveller 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.

Books

Sources

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, April 30, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.