Vasily Nikolayevich Azhayev (; born – April 27, 1968) was a Soviet and Russian writer, best known as the author of the novel Daleko ot Moskvy (""; Far from Moscow) (1948, Stalin Prize of 1949), which served as the basis for several eponymous film, stage and TV adaptations, and an opera. External links Biography Short Biography 1915 births 1968 deaths People from Taldomsky District People from Moscow Governorate Russian male novelists Russian male writers 20th-century Russian male writers Socialist realism writers Soviet male writers Soviet novelists Maxim Gorky Literature Institute alumni Gulag detainees Stalin Prize winners Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery