Yulian Semyonov facts for kids

Yulian Semyonovich Semyonov (Russian: Юлиа́н Семёнович Семёнов, Russian pronunciation: [jʉlʲɪˈan sʲɪˈmʲɵnəvʲɪtɕ sʲɪˈmʲɵnəf]), pen-name of Yulian Semyonovich Lyandres (Russian: Ля́ндрес) (October 8, 1931 – September 15, 1993), was a Soviet and Russian novelist, screenwriter and poet. His works were mainly spy fiction and detective fiction. He was born in Moscow. His best known novel was Seventeen Moments of Spring.

Semyonov died on September 15, 1993 from a stroke in Moscow, aged 61.

• Greg Afinogenov. A Portrayal of Bureaucracy in Twelve Parts: Seventeen Moments of Spring. idiommag.com.
• Hedrick Smith. Soviet Spy Thriller 'Exposes' U.S. Plot. New York Times, 7 January 1974.

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  Yulian Semyonov (left) and his father, Semyon Alexandrovich Lyandres  (date unknown)
  

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  Yulian Semyonov and his friends, Andrei Mironov (right) and Lev Durov  (Crimea, date unknown)
  

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  Semyonov' grave on the Novodevichy Cemetery
  

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  Semyonov' memorial museum house in Oliva