Background
Karpov was born in Orenburg, and moved to Tashkent as a child.
Karpov was born in Orenburg, and moved to Tashkent as a child.
After the war, Karpov attended the Frunze Military Academy (1947) and served in Central Asia, retiring as a regimental commander and chief of staff of a division in 1966.
He was awarded the hero of the Soviet Union for bravery in World World War World War II He was repressed in 1941 and transferred to a punishment battalion on the Kalinin Front in 1942. He was rehabilitated due to bravery in the face of the enemy in 1943 and promoted to lieutenant. He was awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union in 1944 for capturing 79 prisoners.
Karpov started writing in 1945 and graduated from the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute via a correspondence course in 1954.
From 1966 he was editor of the magazine Oktyabr in Uzbekistan and became editor of the magazine Novy Mir between 1981 and 1986. From 1986 to 1991, he was 1st secretary of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Union of Writers.
Karpov died in Moscow and is buried in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery.
Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Union of Writers. Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.