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Nikolai Ostrovsky Николай Островский | |
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Born | Viliia , Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire | 29 September 1904
Died | 22 December 1936 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | (aged 32)
Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow |
Occupation | Novelist, Chekist, Communist Party member |
Language | Russian |
Nationality | Ukrainian |
Alma mater | Sverdlov Communist University |
Genre | Socialist Realist |
Notable works | How the Steel Was Tempered |
Spouse | Raisa Porfyrivna (née Motsyuk) |
Nikolai Alekseyevich Ostrovsky (Russian: Николай Алексеевич Островский; Ukrainian: Микола Олексійович Островський, romanized: Mykola Oleksiiovych Ostrovskyi; 29 September 1904 – 22 December 1936) was a Soviet socialist realist writer. He is best known for his novel How the Steel Was Tempered.