Vasily Peskov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vasily Peskov

Russian journalist

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1930

Place of Birth: Novousmansky District, Voronezh Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 12-Aug-2013

Profession: photojournalist, journalist, prosaist, presenter, television journalist

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Vasily Mikhailovich Peskov (Russian: ????´??? ????´?????? ?????´?; 14 March 1930 – 12 August 2013) was a Russian writer, journalist, photographer, traveller and ecologist.
He worked in the Russian tabloid newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda since 1956.
From 1975 until 1990, he conducted the TV programme In the World of Animals on Soviet TV. In 1964, he was awarded a Lenin Prize.
In 1990, he was among the winners of UNEP's Global 500 Roll of Honour.
In 2013, the Voronezh Nature Reserve, one of the oldest reserves in Russia, was officially renamed in his honor.