Background
Slavin, Lev was born on October 27, 1896 in Odessa.
Slavin, Lev was born on October 27, 1896 in Odessa.
Took part in World War I and the Civil War. During World War II, war correspondent for Krasnaia Zvezda and Izvestia. His first story was published in 1922.
Many of his books were filmed or staged: Dva Boitsa, 1943 (film). Interventsiia, 1932 (play). Chastnaia Zhizn Petra Vinogradova, 1935 (film).
Syn Mongolii, 1936 (film). Vozvrashchenie Maksima, 1937, (film by Grigorii Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg).
