Vasiliĭ Makarovich Shukshin

Vasily Makarovich Shukshin (Russian: Василий Макарович Шукшин) was a Soviet Russian writer, actor, screenwriter and film director from the Altai region who specialized in rural themes. A prominent member of the Village Prose movement, he began writing short stories in his early teenage years and later transition to acting by his late 20s.