Vsevolod Ovchinnikov

Author of books A Branch of Sakura (The Story of What Kind of People the Japanese) (1970), Roots of Oak (Impressions and Thoughts about England and the English) (1980), Hot Ashes (Chronicle of a Secret Race for the Possession of Nuclear Weapons). For these books in 1985 he was awarded the USSR State Prize. He was an honorary member of the Russian-Japanese Committee of the 21st century, the political expert peer network Kremlin.org. From 1953 to 1960 he worked as a special correspondent of Pravda in China, from 1962 to 1968 - in Japan, from 1974 to 1978 - in the UK. In addition, there are short-term missions in the United States, Nicaragua, Mexico, Indonesia, and India. Reports from these countries are united in the book The Element of Race. Ovchinnikov twice traveled to Tibet (1955, 1990). Reports and essays Ovchinnikov devoted mainly to social, political and economic problems around the world - the trade union movement, the national liberation struggle, relations with developing countries by transnational corporations, humanitarian issues. Ovchinnikov had the opportunity of the first Russians to put flowers on the grave of Richard Sorge.

Vsevolod Ovchinnikov studied at Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is opinion journalism and journalism. Distinctions recorded are USSR State Prize, Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class and Order of Friendship of Peoples.

• Birth Name — Vsevolod Vladimirovich Ovchinnikov • Born — 17 November 1926 • Birthplace — Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union • Died — 30 August 2021 • Place of death — Moscow, Russia • Years Active — 1951–2021