Vasiliy Shukshin

Birthday: July 25th, 1929 Date of Death: October 2nd, 1974 Place of Birth: Srostki, Biysky District, the Siberian Territory, the RSFSR, the USSR

Vasily Makarovich Shukshin (Russian: Василий Макарович Шукшин; 25 July 1929 – 2 October 1974) was a Soviet Russian writer, actor, screenwriter and film director from the Altay region who specialized in rural themes.