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Yevgeny Petrov

Russian and Slavic Literature

Yevgeny Petrovich Petrov, born Katayev, was a popular Soviet author in the 1920s and 1930s. He often worked in collaboration with Ilya Ilf, and as Ilf and Petrov they wrote The Twelve Chairs. He was born in Odessa in 1902 and died on 2 July 1942. Their novel The Twelve Chairs was released in 1928 and its sequel, The Little Golden Calf, in 1931. He was born in Odessa under the surname Katayev and became one of the most popular Soviet authors of the 1920s and 1930s, most often writing in the duo known as Ilf and Petrov.

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1902 1
Death Year
1942 1
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1. Wikipedia: Yevgeny Petrov (writer)
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    was a popular Soviet author in the 1920s and 1930s
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    Yevgeny Petrovich Petrov, also spelled Evgeny or Yevgeni, (Евгений Петрович Петров, born Katayev (Катаев); 13 December [O.S. 30 November] 1902 in Odessa
  • Lead section, death date
    July 2, 1942) was a popular Soviet author in the 1920s and 1930s. He often worked in collaboration with Ilya Ilf. As Ilf and Petrov, they wrote The Twelve Chairs, released in 1928, and its sequel, The Little Golden Calf, released
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Author: Ilf and Petrov
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