Valery Ganichev

Valery Ganichev
Валерий Ганичев
Chairman of the Union of Writers of Russia
In office
1994–2018
Preceded byYuri Bondarev
Succeeded byNikolai Ivanov
Personal details
Born(1933-08-03)3 August 1933
Died8 July 2018(2018-07-08) (aged 84)
Resting placePeredelkino Cemetery
Alma materTaras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Moscow State University
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Valery Nikolayevich Ganichev (Russian: Валерий Николаевич Ганичев; August 3, 1933, Pestovo, Leningrad Oblast– July 8, 2018, Peredelkino) was a Soviet and Russian writer, journalist, public figure, Doctor of Historical Sciences (1978) who served as the chairman of the Union of Writers of Russia from 1994 to 2018. Honoured Cultural Worker of the RSFSR (1988).