Yury Valentinovich Trifonov (Russian: Юрий Трифонов; 1925-1981) was a leading representative of the so-called Soviet "urban prose", a 1970s movement inspired by the psychologically complicated works of Anton Chekhov and his 20th-century American followers. As one of his critics noted, "Yuri Trifonov's prose may serve as a university course on Soviet civilization". 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. ...

Trifonov was born in the luxurious apartments on the Arbat Street and spent his whole life in Moscow. After his father, Valentin Trifonov, was purged by Stalin in 1937, his family moved from the famous "House on the Embankment" (just across the river from the Kremlin), into a sordid kommunalka. One of the oldest street of Moscow. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ... Iosif (usually anglicized as Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin (Russian: Иосиф Виссарионович Сталин), original name Ioseb Jughashvili (Georgian: იოსებ ჯუღაშვი&#4314... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... For other uses, see Kremlin (disambiguation). ... Kommunalka (коммуналка) - is a shared apartament in Russia. ...

Trifonov attended a literary institute between 1944 and 1949. His first novel, The Students (1950), won him the USSR State Prize. Trifonov's subsequent works treated such topics as moral ambivalence of Soviet intelligentsia and tragic vicissitudes of Cossackdom during the Russian Civil War. 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... Stalin Prize medal State Prize medal The USSR State Prize (Russian:Госуда́рственная пре́мия СССР) was the Soviet Unions highest civilian honour. ... The intelligentsia (from Latin: intelligentia) is a social class of people engaged in complex mental and creative labor directed to the development and dissemination of culture, encompassing intellectuals and social groups close to them (e. ... Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks to Sultan Mehmed IV of Ottoman Empire. ... Combatants Red Army (Bolsheviks) German Empire? White Army (Monarchists, SRs, Anti-Communists) Commanders Leon Trotsky, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Semyon Budyonny Lavr Kornilov, Alexander Kolchak, Anton Denikin, Pyotr Wrangel The Russian Civil War was fought from 1917 to 1922. ...

Trifonov's best regarded and most widely read pieces are half a dozen "Muscovite novellas": Exchange (1969), Preliminary Conclusions (1970), The Long Good-Bye (1971), Another Life (1975), and (most importantly) House on the Embankment (1976). These works are ranked among the most stylish, richly textured and aescetically satisfying written in the Soviet period. See also: 1975 in literature, other events of 1976, 1977 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

External links

• Yuri Trifonov on www.sovlit.com
• Yuri Trifonov on peoples.ru
• Reading on Yuri Trifonov