Konstantin Simonov
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Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov, born Kirill Mikhailovich Simonov, was a Soviet author, war poet, playwright and wartime correspondent, arguably most famous for his 1941 poem "Wait for Me".
Simonov in Berlin in 1967
Konstantin Simonov (center) and Ilya Vlasenko (right) during Battle of Kursk, 1943
Memorial stone dedicated to the memory of Konstantin Simonov, erected on Buinichi field, near Mogilev
The Living and the Dead is a trilogy of novels by Konstantin Simonov. It consists of the three novels, The Living and the Dead, Nobody Is Born As Soldier and The Last Summer. The first part was publis
Konstantin Simonov
…year he was impressed by Soviet resistance in this place, during which 39 German tanks had been destroyed in one day, and described this episode in The Living and the Dead trilogy. Studying war correspondence at the Lenin Military-Political Academy, Simonov attained the service rank of quartermaster of the second rank…
"The Living and the Dead" in Russian language, in three volumes.