Pavel Yefimowich Kasatkin () – 19 May 1987) was a Soviet poet.
Early life
Pavel Yefimowich Kasatkin was born on in the village of Semyon-Aleksandrovka (), Bobrovsly uyezd (now Bobrovsky District), Voronezh Oblast. He was the 6th child.
His childhood was characterized by poverty and a rural life. He lost his mother early in life and as a consequence was cared for by his step-mother. He completed his schooling at the agricultural school in Bobrov. Soon after, he moved to Leningrad for further studies.
In 1936 Kasatkin was awarded his Doctors Degree, from the Leningrad Medical Technical School. Immediately after this, he was transferred and served in the Red Army, where he remained until his retirement in Mongolia (1948).
Pawel Kasatkin worked at the front in the Japanese-Soviet War as a field doctor in the rank of feldsher. He rescued soldiers from both conflict parties.
During this time, in 1938, he wrote his first poems.
Parts of his first works were printed in Irkutsk in 1942 and Ulan-Ude in 1947. Later, they were published throughout the Soviet Union. After his discharge from the army in 1948 he moved to Voronezh. He worked there until 1950 as a head doctor of the medical point in Bobrov. Following this period, he started working as a journalist for various local newspapers. In 1953 first book, a collection of poems, " was published.
In 1958 he graduated from the Voronezh of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
In 1960, Kasatkin joined the Union of Soviet Writers by personal invitation from the board leader and in 1975 he was awarded with the Order of the Badge of Honour for his merits for local and Soviet literature.
On 19 May 1987, Kasatkin died of cancer in his hometown of Voronezh.
Personal life While studying together, Kasatkin met his future wife Antonina Magazinskaya (1919–2014) and they married on 13 October 1938. They remained married until his death in 1987. In 1939 his first child, Eduard, was born in Mongolia. His second child, Tamara, was born in Voronezh in 1951.
Works Kassatkin drew on his creative inspiration from his journalistic activity and his travels.His works were compared with the works of the local writer and poet Aleksey Koltsov..
Awards Military awards 1945 Medal "For the Victory over Japan" (Russian: Медаль «За победу над Японией») 1945 Medal for Battle Merit (Russian: Медаль «За Воееьне Заслуги») 1948 Mongolian Medal "For the Victory over Japan" (Mongolian: «бугд найрамдах монгол ард улс. Японыг Ялсны Тфлфф Медал») 1981 Merit medal for the battle at Chalchin Gol (Mongolian: «Халхын Голын Яалат Медалийн Унзмлзх») 1985 Order of the Patriotic War (Russian: «Орден Отечественной войны»)
Civil awards 1972 Badge for Excellence in Cultural Patronage over the USSR Armed Forces (Russian: Знак «Отличник культурного шефства над вооруженными силами СССР») 1975 Order of the Badge of Honour (Russian: Орден «Знак Почёта»)
Books Source: Native Steppe, The Voronezh Book Publishing House, Voronezh, 1953 Pridonye, The Voronezh Book Publishing House, Voronezh, 1959 Golden Rains, The Voronezh Book Publishing House, Voronezh, 1961 Voronezh Riches, The Voronezh Book Publishing House, Voronezh, 1963 Winter Fairy Tale, Central-Chernozem books publishers, Voronezh, 1965 Koltsov's Land, Books publishers <<Sovjetskaja Russia>>, Moskau, 1965 Steppe Rainbow, Central-Chernozem books publishers, Voronezh, 1967 Monologue of Spring, Central-Chernozem books publishers, Voronezh, 1970 Nightingales, Central-Chernozem books publishers, Voronezh, 1973 On the Meadow, Central-Chernozem books publishers, Voronezh, 1975 My Field, Central-Chernozem books publishers, Voronezh, 1979, Library of Congress-Class.: PG3482.5.S29 M6 On My Own Footpath (), Central-Chernozem books publishers, Voronezh, 1984, Library of Congress-Class.: MLCS 84/13319 (P) Sacred Land (), Central-Chernozem books publishers, Voronezh, 1987
External links
Своей тропинкой in Open Library Мое поле in Open Library Writers of the Bobrovsky District,Касаткин Павел Ефимович (Russian) Voronezh writers -Participants in the Great Patriotic War-, S.16 / 29 (Russian / Powerpoint-Document) List of all Books Russian national library. 2017. (Russian) Medal for Battle Merit 1945 (Russian) Russian National Library (Russian)
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