Facts: - death place: leningrad - native name lang: ru - native name: - death date: 18 february 1965 - birth date: 11 november 1901 - name: yevgeny ivanovich charushin - birth place: vyatka - occupation: illustrator writer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of yevgeny charushin .
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yevgeny ivanovich charushin -lrb- ; 11 november 1901 vyatka -- 18 february 1965 leningrad -rrb- was a russian illustrator and author of children 's literature in the soviet union .charushin was born into the family of a vyatka architect .his father , ivan charushin , encouraged his early artistic efforts and his love of nature and hunting , all of which played a role in his development as an illustrator and writer .after graduating from high school in 1918 , charushin was drafted into the army .he was posted to petrograd in 1922 to attend the russian academy of arts , and he graduated in 1926 .after graduation from the academy , charushin started to work as an illustrator under the guidance of vladimir lebedev , who was at that time the artistic director of the children 's literature department at the leningrad offices of gosizdat -lrb- the soviet government publishing house -rrb- .the first book with his illustrations , '' murzik '' by vitaly valentinovich bianki -lrb- 1928 -rrb- was a success that led to invitations to illustrate many more books by , among others , samuil marshak , korney chukovsky , dmitry mamin-sibiryak , mikhail prishvin , vladimir arsenyev and alexander vvedensky .at the same time , charushin began writing and illustrating his own children 's books , including '' little beasties '' -lrb- '' zveryata '' -rrb- , '' mishka , '' and '' wolf cub '' -lrb- '' volchishko '' -rrb- .he would be best known for his stories and illustrations of animals .in an essay he wrote about his work for the magazine , '' children 's literature , '' in 1935 , charushin stated that '' more than anything else , i love to depict young animals , touching in their helplessness and interesting , because within them one can already see signs of the full-grown beast . ''during world war ii , charushin lived in his native city -lrb- renamed kirov in 1934 -rrb- and directed his creative energies toward supporting the soviet union 's war efforts .he designed panels and drawings for the '' tass windows ''...