MAKSIMENKO Andrei Yakovlevich

(genus. 20.VIII.1930, der. Degyari Smolensk region)
After the seven-year and school FZO worked on the restoration of the Donbass coal mines. Recovered Smalensk, . graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology SGPI (1953), . worked as a teacher of Russian language and literature, . then moved to journalistic work: worked for regional newspapers 'Next' (Holm-Zhirkovsky), . 'Rural truth' (Smolensk), . worked in the regional Radio Committee and the 'worker path',
. Since 1978, Mr.. - Editor of the Smolensk Branch of the publishers 'Moscow Worker', since 1991. - 'Smyadyn'. The main theme of creativity M. - The life of the village and its workers.

Vol.: Rosny herbs .- Smolensk: Moscow Worker, 1989, under the old lime. - Smolensk: Smyadyn, 1995, etc.