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Yevgeny Petrovich Petrov, also spelled Evgeny or Yevgeni, (Евгений Петрович Петров, born Katayev (Катаев); December 13 [O.S. November 30] 1902 in Odessa – July 2, 1942) [1] was a popular Soviet author in the 1920s and 1930s. He often worked in collaboration with Ilya Ilf.
Petrov: Yevgeny Petrovich Katayev December 13 [O.S. November 30] 1902 Odessa, Russian Empire (now Odesa, Ukraine) Died: Ilf: 13 April 1937 Moscow, Soviet Union (now Russia) Petrov: 2 July 1942 Rostov Oblast, Soviet Union (now Russia) Occupation: Novelists, short story writers: Notable works: The Twelve Chairs The Little Golden Calf One-storied ...
Evgeniy Petrov, the Soviet Union writer and journalist has an unusual hobby: since the age of six, he writes fake letters to other countries. Every time, he chooses different fake names for his addresses. The envelopes come back, but beautified with colorful foreign stamps and postmarks.
Ilya Arnoldovich Ilf [1] (born Iehiel-Leyb Aryevich Faynzilberg; Russian: Иехи́ел-Лейб Арьевич Фа́йнзильберг; [2] 15 October [O.S. 3 October] 1897 – 13 April 1937) was a Soviet journalist and writer of Jewish origin who usually worked in collaboration with Yevgeny Petrov during the 1920s and 1930s.
Yevgeny Petrov (athlete), Russian runner in the men's 1500 metres at the 1912 Summer Olympics Yevgeni Petrov (sport shooter) (born 1938), Soviet sport shooter Yevgeny Petrov (writer) (1902–1942), Soviet writer
The Twelve Chairs (Russian: Двенадцать стульев, romanized: Dvenadtsat stulyev) is a Russian classic satirical picaresque novel by the Soviet authors Ilf and Petrov, published in 1928. Its plot follows characters attempting to obtain jewelry hidden in a chair. A sequel was published in 1931. The novel has been adapted to other ...
Ilf and Petrov * Ilya Ilf; Yevgeny Petrov (writer) B. Ostap Bender; C. Children of Lieutenant Schmidt; Circus (1936 film) G. The Golden Calf (1968 film) L. The Little ...
Ostap Bender (Russian: Остап Бендер) is a fictional con man and the central antiheroic protagonist in the novels The Twelve Chairs (1928) and The Little Golden Calf (1931) written by Soviet authors Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov. The novels belong to the picaresque novel genre, which was previously rare in Russian literature. [1]