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rasputin in 2011 14 march 2015 moscow , russia atalanka union , irkutsk oblast , russian sfsr , soviet 250px '' farewell to matyora '' 15 march 1937 fiction Валентин Распутин.jpg valentin rasputin
 valentin grigoriyevich rasputin irkutsk state university
valentin rasputin

valentin grigoriyevich rasputin -lrb- ; 15 march 193714 march 2015 -rrb- was a russian writer .
he was born and lived much of his life in the irkutsk oblast in eastern siberia .
rasputin 's works depict rootless urban characters and the fight for survival of centuries-old traditional rural ways of life , addressing complex questions of ethics and spiritual revival .
