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| birth_date = {{birth date|1895|2|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Akku, Kazakhstan|Lebyazhye]], [[Russian Empire]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1963|8|15|1895|2|24|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Moscow]], [[USSR]]
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'''Vsevolod Vyacheslavovich Ivanov''' ({{lang-ru|Все́волод Вячесла́вович Ива́нов}} {{IPA-ru|ˈfsʲɛvələd vʲɪtɕɪˈslavəvʲɪtɕ ɪˈvanəf}}; {{OldStyleDate|12 February|1895|24 February}}, Lebyazhye, [[Semipalatinsk Oblast, Russia|Semipalatinsk Oblast]], now in [[Pavlodar Region]], [[Kazakhstan]] – 15 August 1963, [[Moscow]]) was a notable [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] writer praised for the colourful adventure tales set in the [[Asia]]tic part of Russia during the [[Russian Civil War|Civil War]].

==Biography==
Ivanov was born in what is now Northern [[Kazakhstan]] to a teacher's family. When he was a child, Vsevolod ran away to become a [[clown]] in a travelling [[circus]]. His first story, published in 1915, caught the attention of [[Maxim Gorky]], who advised Vsevolod throughout his career.

Ivanov joined the [[Red Army]] during the Civil War and fought in [[Siberia]]. This inspired his short stories, ''Partisans'' (1921) and ''Armoured Train'' (1922).

In 1922 Ivanov joined the literary group [[Serapion Brothers]]. Other members included [[Nikolai Tikhonov (writer)|Nikolai Tikhonov]], [[Mikhail Zoshchenko]], [[Victor Shklovsky]], [[Veniamin Kaverin]] and [[Konstantin Fedin]].

Ivanov's first novels, ''Colored Winds'' (1922) and ''Azure Sands'' (1923), were set in Asiatic part of [[Russia]] and gave rise to the genre of [[ostern]] in Soviet literature. His novella ''Baby'' was acclaimed by [[Edmund Wilson]] as the finest Soviet short story ever.

Later, Ivanov came under fire from [[Bolshevik]] critics who claimed his works were too pessimistic and that it was not clear whether the Reds or Whites were the heroes.

In 1927 Ivanov rewrote his short story, the ''Armoured Train 14-69'' into a [[Play (theatre)|play]]. This time, the play highlighted the role of the Bolsheviks in the Civil War.

Among his later works are the ''Adventures of a Fakir'' (1935) and ''The Taking of Berlin'' (1945). During the [[Second World War]], Ivanov worked as a war correspondent for [[Izvestia]].

Vsevolod's son [[Vyacheslav Ivanov (philologist)|Vyacheslav Ivanov]] became one of the leading philologists and Indo-Europeanists of the late 20th century. Vsevolod adopted [[Isaak Babel]]'s illegitimate child Emmanuil when he married Babel's one-time mistress Tamara Kashirina. Emmanuil's name was changed to "Mikhail Ivanov" and he later became a noted artist.

==English translations==
*''Armoured Train 14-69'', International publishers, 1933.
*''The Adventures of a Fakir'', Vanguard Press, 1935.
*''Armored Train 14-69'', Trilogy Books, 1978.
*''Selected Stories'', Raduga Publishers, 1983.
*''Correspondence Across a Room'', Marlboro Press, 1984.
*''From the Reminiscences of Private Ivanov and Other Stories, Angel Books, 1988.
*''The Child'', from ''Great Soviet Short Stories'', Dell, 1990.
*''Fertility and Other Stories'', Northwestern University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-8101-1547-6

==External links==
* {{Find a Grave|10520031}}

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