22 moments

1. Birth in Srostki

   1929-07-25 · Srostki, Biysky District, Altai Krai, Russia

   

   Shukshin was born in the Altai village of Srostki, the rural setting that remained central to his life and work.

2. Automobile-technical student

   1943-01-01 · Biysk Automobile Technical School, Biysk, Altai Krai, Russia

   After finishing seven years of school in Srostki, Shukshin entered the automobile technical school in Biysk. The source gives only the year; coordinates represent Biysk because the historical school site is not specified.

3. Kolkhoz worker in native village

   1945-01-01 · Srostki, Biysky District, Altai Krai, Russia

   He left the technical school before graduating and worked briefly on a collective farm in Srostki.

4. Tractor-plant fitter

   1947-01-01 · Vladimir Tractor Plant, Vladimir, Vladimir Oblast, Russia

   During his 1947–1949 industrial employment, Shukshin also worked at the tractor plant in Vladimir. The source dates this employment to 1947–1949 but does not specify when within that interval he was in Vladimir.

5. Turbine-plant construction work

   1947-01-01 · Kaluga, Kaluga Oblast, Russia

   After leaving Srostki, Shukshin worked as a fitter for Soyuzprommekhanizatsiya at the construction of a turbine plant in Kaluga. The source dates this employment to 1947–1949 but does not specify when within that interval he was in Kaluga; coordinates represent the city.

6. Baltic Fleet radio training

   1949-01-01 · Lomonosov, Saint Petersburg, Russia

   He served in the Baltic Fleet training detachment at Lomonosov and trained as a radio operator. The source gives a 1949–1950 service period; card date marks its beginning.

7. Drafted from Butovo

   1949-01-01 · Butovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia

   Shukshin was called up for naval service from Butovo through the Leninsky district military commissariat. Coordinates represent the historical Butovo area; the source does not identify a precise enlistment address.

8. Black Sea Fleet radio detachment

   1950-07-01 · Sevastopol, Crimea

   From July 1950 through December 1952, Shukshin served as a senior sailor in the Third Naval Radio Detachment of the Black Sea Fleet at Sevastopol. Coordinates represent Sevastopol because the detachment's exact site is not identified.

9. Return to Srostki after naval discharge

   1952-12-17 · Srostki, Biysky District, Altai Krai, Russia

   

   Discharged from the navy because of a stomach ulcer, Shukshin returned to Srostki and subsequently taught there.

10. Teacher and school principal

    1953-01-01 · Srostki School of Rural Youth, Srostki, Altai Krai, Russia

    

    Back in Srostki, Shukshin passed his external secondary-school examinations, taught Russian language and literature, and for a time led the school. The source places this work after his December 1952 return; 1953 is used as the supported year-level chronology.

11. VGIK student in Moscow

    1954-08-01 · VGIK, Moscow, Russia

    

    Shukshin entered the directing faculty of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, studying in Mikhail Romm's workshop. Coordinates identify VGIK's documented Moscow campus.

12. Odessa Film Studio practical training

    1957-01-01 · Odessa Film Studio, Odesa, Ukraine

    While a VGIK student, Shukshin undertook production practice at the Odessa Film Studio and was invited to the leading role in Two Fyodors. The source gives a 1957–1958 interval; the card date marks its beginning.

13. Diploma-film production at Mosfilm

    1960-01-01 · Mosfilm Studios, Moscow, Russia

    Shukshin made his graduation film Iz Lebyazhye Soobshchayut at Mosfilm, shortly before graduating from VGIK as a film director. The source provides year-level dating only.

14. Filming by the Katun

    1963-01-01 · Katun River near Srostki, Altai Krai, Russia

    A museum-held photograph documents Shukshin on the bank of the Katun during production of his feature There Is Such a Lad. Coordinates are a representative point on the Katun at Srostki; the exact filming point is not specified.

15. Staff director at Gorky Film Studio

    1963-01-01 · Gorky Film Studio, Moscow, Russia

    Shukshin became a staff director at Moscow's Gorky Film Studio, where he developed his first feature film. The source gives year-level dating only.

16. Biysk documentary filming and youth-colony meeting

    1967-04-01 · Biysk, Altai Krai, Russia

    Shukshin participated in filming a documentary about Biysk and met inmates of the Biysk juvenile labor colony. Coordinates represent Biysk because neither the documentary location nor the colony site is specified.

17. Spring working visit to Srostki

    1969-04-01 · Srostki, Biysky District, Altai Krai, Russia

    Shukshin was in Srostki in early spring, working intensively while preparing his unrealized Stepan Razin production. The quoted recollection specifies April and Srostki but not an exact day.

18. Pechki-lavochki filming at Biysk station

    1971-01-01 · Biysk Railway Station, Biysk, Altai Krai, Russia

    A museum photograph records Shukshin during the filming of Pechki-lavochki at the railway station in Biysk. The source provides year-level dating only.

19. Pechki-lavochki final shot on Mount Piket

    1971-01-01 · Mount Piket, Srostki, Altai Krai, Russia

    Shukshin was present for the final shot of Pechki-lavochki on Mount Piket, a hill above his native Srostki. The museum's image-caption evidence identifies the shoot and site but gives no more precise date.

20. Kalina krasnaya production in Vologda Oblast

    1972-01-01 · Near Belozersk, Vologda Oblast, Russia

    

    Shukshin directed and played the lead in Kalina krasnaya, filmed in Vologda Oblast near Belozersk. The source assigns production to 1972–1973 and gives Vologda Oblast, not a specific filming locality; coordinates represent nearby Belozersk.

21. Last visit to his mother

    1972-08-01 · Mother's house, Srostki, Altai Krai, Russia

    Shukshin's last recorded visit to his mother in Srostki occurred in late August 1972; he departed urgently after a telegram from Moscow. The precise address is not supplied; coordinates represent Srostki.

22. Death aboard the motor ship Dunai

    1974-10-02 · Motor ship Dunai, near Kletskaya, Volgograd Oblast, Russia

    While filming They Fought for Their Country, Shukshin died aboard the motor ship Dunai near Kletskaya. The ship's exact position is not specified; coordinates represent Kletskaya, the documented nearby death locality.