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Kazakhstan

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Dmitry Snegin

Died in 2001

Dmitry Snegin, whose real name was Potselouev, was born in 1911 or 1912 in Verny, the son of a roofer. An agronomist who graduated in 1935, he was sent in the autumn of 1936 to Republican Spain. An artillery officer in the Panfilov division, he served throughout the war. He then edited the journals Kazakhstan, from 1945 to 1952, and Prostor, twice between 1961 and 1971, and was secretary of the republic's Writers' Union from 1971 to 1982. Winner of the presidential prize for peace and spiritual accord, he died in 2001.

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