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Konstantin Simonov
Konstantin Simonov · Григорий Михайлович Вайль, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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Konstantin Simonov

1915 – 1979 · aged 64

Soviet writer, poet, playwright and wartime correspondent (1915–1979)

Born
1915 · Saint Petersburg
Died
28 Aug 1979 · Moscow

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 74 years
  1. 1915BornBorn in Saint Petersburg
  2. 1939WarBattles of Khalkhin Gol
  3. 1939AwardOrder of the Badge of Honour
  4. 1941 – 1945WarEastern Front
  5. 1942AwardOrder of the Red Banner
  6. 1942AwardState Stalin Prize, 1st degree
  7. 1943AwardStalin Prize, 2nd degree
  8. 1946AwardStalin Prize, 2nd degree
  9. 1947AwardState Stalin Prize, 1st degree
  10. 1949AwardState Stalin Prize, 1st degree
  11. 1950AwardStalin Prize
  12. 1950AwardStalin Prize, 2nd degree
  13. 1965AwardOrder of Lenin
  14. 1966AwardVasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR
  15. 1971AwardOrder of Lenin
  16. 28 Aug 1979DiedDied in Moscow

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1915 – 1979).

  1. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  2. 1917Balfour Declaration
  3. 1917February Revolution
  4. 1917October Revolution
  5. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  6. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  7. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  8. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  9. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  10. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  11. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  12. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  13. 1938Munich Agreement
  14. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  15. 1939 – 1945World War II
  16. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  17. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  18. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  19. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  20. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  21. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  22. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  23. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  24. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  25. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  27. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  28. 1956Suez Crisis
  29. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  30. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  31. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  32. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  33. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  35. 1968Prague Spring
  36. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  37. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  38. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  39. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  40. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution

Biography

Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov, born Kirill Mikhailovich Simonov (Russian: Константи́н Миха́йлович Си́монов, 28 November [O.S. 15 November] 1915 – 28 August 1979), was a Soviet author, war poet, playwright and wartime correspondent, arguably most famous for his 1941 poem "Wait for Me".

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