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Konstantin Simonov
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Konstantin Simonov

Politician · born November 28, 1915 · died 1979

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Konstantin Mikhailovich Simonov, born Kirill Mikhailovich Simonov, was a Soviet author, war poet, playwright and wartime correspondent, arguably most famous for his 1941 poem "Wait for Me".

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  1. ~24Received the Order of the Badge of Honour1939
  2. ~27Received the Order of the Red Banner1942
  3. ~35Received the Stalin Prize1950
  4. ~50Received the Order of Lenin1965
  5. ~59Named Hero of Socialist Labour1974
  6. ~59Received the Lenin Prize1974

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