death_place death_date birth_place nationality birth_date known_for article_title name occupation
moscow 30 june 1987 moscow russian 11 october 1936 translations '' the lord of the rings '' of the '' darkness at noon '' and andrey kistyakovsky
 andrey kistyakovsky translator , human rights activist
andrey kistyakovsky

andrey andreyevich kistyakovsky -lrb- , 11 october 1936 , moscow -- 30 june 1987 -rrb- was a russian translator and political activist .
he translated the belles-lettres from english to russian and began publishing in 1967 .
kistyakovsky 's 1982 partial translation of `` the lord of the rings '' -lrb- together with vladimir muravyov -rrb- became the first official russian translation and remains one of the most acclaimed russian translations of the novel .
