 Alexander Fadeyev (1901–1956) achieved noteworthy success in Russia, with tens of millions of copies of his books in circulation in Russia and around the world.Many of Fadeyev's works have been staged and filmed and translated into many languages in Russia and around the world.Fadeyev served as a secretary of the Soviet Writers' Union and as the general secretary of the union's administrative board from 1946 to 1954.