Valentin Pikul Savich

Valentin Pikul Savich (1928 - 1990), writer.
Born on June 13 in the village Kagarlyk sailor in the family. The family moved to Leningrad, where they were at war. My father served in the North. The winter of thirteen the boy lived in besieged Leningrad, in 1942, was evacuated. I decided to sneak to his father's Northern Fleet, but his father was already at the forefront of (died in the battle for Stalingrad, as the Commissioner of Marine battalions).

. With fifteen years, the future writer serves on the Northern Fleet, as cabin boy on a ship at age 16 becomes the commander of the military post, later - a navigator electrician.

. After the war, not having higher education, to educate ourselves, deciding to devote himself to literary work
. Finds its way over the years: writing poems, stories, referring to the history of the North, then to the history of Russia. It works without days off and holidays, as in war. Gradually becomes the owner of a unique library (11 thousand volumes), collecting the necessary materials on the history of. Begins work on the first historical novel - "Bayazet", released in 1961. This was followed by novels: "Paris for three hours" (1962), "On the margins of a great empire" (1964), "the impasse" (1968), "Requiem caravan PQ-17.

In 1971 the magazine "Star" was published novel Pikul "pen and sword". All his books have enjoyed enormous success, his popularity was extraordinary. Serviceability Pikul was unique.

In 1974 saw the light novel "Word and Deed". In 1980 there are novels: "Three age Okini-san", "Favorite", "I have the honor."

In 1983 wrote "Miniatures", peculiar little novels.

Titanic work was interrupted by the death on July 17, 1990.