Background
He was born on February 23, 1919 in the village of Ivanovka, Lipetsk district, Tambov province, currently - Dobrinsky district of the Lipetsk region. From a peasant family. Member of World War II.
1945
He was born on February 23, 1919 in the village of Ivanovka, Lipetsk district, Tambov province, currently - Dobrinsky district of the Lipetsk region. From a peasant family. Member of World War II.
Vasily Dmitrievich Sokolov studied at the Literary Institute named after A.M. Gorky.
Vasily Dmitrievich Sokolov was a village correspondent of district and regional newspapers. An employee of the Voronezh newspapers "Be ready!", "Young Communard" (1938-1939). From the city of Voronezh he was drafted into the Red Army (1939). As a prose writer was published since 1945. He is the author of more than 20 books published in Moscow (mainly on a military topic), including "The Morning of New Bulgaria" (1951), "Russian Heart" (1962), and "They Walked Together" (1977). Sokolov’s trilogy "Invasion" (1963, 1988), "Crash" (1970), "Deliverance" (1979) is dedicated to the feat of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War. In a number of works by Sokolov (the story "Expectation" and others), the theme of "a small homeland" is traced.
Member of the Union of Writers of the USSR (1952).
