Sobolev Leonid: biography and creativity

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Today we will tell you who Leonid Sergeevich Sobolev is. His biography will be discussed in detail below. We are talking about a Soviet writer. Deputy from 1958 to 1971. Member of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Council of the 8th convocation.

Biography

Leonid Sobolev was born in 1898, on July 9 (21). Comes from the family of an officer, which belongs to the small nobles. From 1910 to 1916 he was educated within the walls of the Third Alexander Cadet Corps. He was a member of the Battle of Moonsund and the Ice Campaign of the B altic Fleet. He was the navigator of a battleship. From 1918 to 1931 he served in the Red Navy. He was the navigator of the destroyer "Orpheus" - the flagship in the border guard detachment. Since 1930, he has been a member of the LOCAF. Since 1931 he has been the organizational secretary of the Literary Association. Works in the magazine "Zalp". In 1934, Leonid Sergeevich Sobolev spoke at the First All-Union Congress of Writers. From this period, he joined the SP of the USSR.

In 1938 he went to Moscow. He was a war correspondent during the Soviet-Finnish war. He served in this capacity from 1939 to 1940. During the war he was a correspondent for the Pravda newspaper. Collaborated with the Soviet Information Bureau and the Chiefpolitical administration of the navy. Received the rank of captain. Until 1970, he served as chairman of the board of the Writers' Union. He handed over the Stalin Prize, which was awarded to our hero for a book of stories, to the Defense Fund. He asked for the specified funds to build a boat, give it the name "Sea Soul", and also enroll in the fourth division of the ships of the Black Sea Fleet. He insisted on party leadership of the Writers' Union. Here it is appropriate to mention one curious fact: the writer himself remained non-partisan all his life.

In 1968, at the age of 70, on a Soviet cargo ship delivering food to Vietnam, he traveled to Haiphong from Vladivostok and back. The writer was terminally ill. He shot himself in 1971, February 17. In his will, the writer asked to scatter the ashes, but he was buried on the territory of the Novodevichy cemetery.

Creativity

Leonid Sobolev appeared for the first time in print in 1926 with an essay en titled “Lenin in Revel”. Subsequently, the main place in the writer's works is occupied by the marine theme. In particular, stories, a novel called "Overhaul", a collection of front-line essays, and the story "Green Ray" are dedicated to her. He created the journalistic and literary-critical books “Wind of Time” and “On the Main Course”. Our hero also wrote screenplays.

In 1935, Leonid traveled to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. This step created an additional base for future creativity. The writer contributed to the creation of the translation of the epic by M. O. Auezov "The Way of Abai". The result was a Russianvariant of the Kazakh work. Together with its author, our hero in 1941 created the tragedy "Abai". The next work of the writer was the work "Epos of the Kazakh people". He wrote articles about Dzhambul and Abay. He also dedicated works to other Kazakh writers.

Awards

Sobolev Leonid in 1968 was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor. He was awarded the medal "For the Capture of Berlin". Received the Stalin Prize. Awarded three Orders of Lenin. He was awarded the medal "For Military Merit". Awarded the Order of the Red Banner. Received the medal "For the Defense of Odessa". He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor. Sobolev Leonid was awarded the medal "For the Defense of Sevastopol". Marked with two Orders of the Patriotic War of the first degree. Awarded the medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945".

Memory

A special memorial plaque has been erected in St. Petersburg in memory of the writer. It is located on the house in which our hero lived from 1924 to 1971, at the address: Shpalernaya Street, 30. There is a similar sign in Moscow. It is located at the address: Kutuzovsky Prospekt, 2/1. The writer worked and lived in this house in 1955-1971. A research oceanographic vessel, which is part of Project 852, is named in memory of the writer. It should also be said about the Central District Library of the Nevsky District. Since 1971, it has been named after our hero Leonid Sobolev.

Plots

"Sea Soul" is a collection of front-line stories and essays. The book takes place inperiod of the war. The plot tells about the sailors who defended their homeland. The main characters are sailors, volunteers and conscripts. They enter into a deadly battle with fascism. The brave men win unfading glory for the Soviet Navy.

Besides, the pen of our hero belongs to the book "Green Ray". It is about the Civil War. Its heroes are also the sailors of the Navy. The writer is also the author of the novel "Overhaul", which takes place before the First World War. The main character is the future naval officer Yuri Livitin. The huge ship "Generalissimo Suvorov Rymniksky" is presented in the novel as the personification of the empire before the revolutionary explosion. The hero has to choose which side of the barricades he will be on. Also, the pen of our hero belongs to the book "Stories of Captain V. L. Kirdyaga".