Petrov (right) and Ilf

Evgeny Petrov (Yevgeniy Petrovich Kataev or Katayev, Евгений Петров, December 13 (November 30 O.S.), 1903 – July 2, 1942) is an extremely popular Soviet author of the 1920s and 1930s, who worked in collaboration with Ilya Ilf. See Ilf and Petrov for more info. Image File history File links Ilf_and_petrov. ... Image File history File links Ilf_and_petrov. ... December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... In Britain and countries of the British Empire, Old Style or O.S. after a date means that the date is in the Julian calendar, in use in those countries until 1752; New Style or N.S. means that the date is in the Gregorian calendar, adopted on 14 September... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... State motto (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Socialist republics/ Communist state Area  - Total  - % water Largest on the planet 22,402,200 km² ?% Population  - Total  - Density 3rd before collapse 293,047,571 (July... Ilya Ilf (Ilya Arnoldovich Faynzilberg, 1897-1937) and Evgeny or Yevgeny Petrov (Yevgeniy Petrovich Kataev or Katayev, 1903-1942) were two extremely popular Soviet prose authors of the 1920s. ... Ilya Ilf (Ilya Arnoldovich Faynzilberg, 1897-1937) and Evgeny or Yevgeny Petrov (Yevgeniy Petrovich Kataev or Katayev, 1903-1942) were two extremely popular Soviet prose authors of the 1920s and 1930s. ...

When the Great Patriotic War started, Evgeny Petrov became a war reporter. He died in a plane crash on return from besieged Sevastopol. The Eastern Front1 was the theatre of combat between Nazi Germany and its allies against the Soviet Union during World War II. It was somewhat separate from the other theatres of the war, not only geographically, but also for its scale and ferocity. ... Sevastopol (Севастополь, Sevastopol’ in Russian and Ukrainian; Aqyar in Crimean Tatar), formerly known as Sebastopol, is a port city in Ukraine, located on the Black Sea coast of Crimean peninsula. ...