Mikhail Zoschenko

Mikhail Zoschenko was born on Aug 10, 1895 in Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. Mikhail Zoschenko's big-screen debut came with It Can't Be! directed by Leonid Gaidai in 1975. Mikhail Zoschenko is known for It Can't Be! directed by Leonid Gaidai, Mikhail Pugovkin stars as Gorbushkin-zaveduyushchiy magazinov and Nina Grebeshkova as Anna Gorbushkina. The upcoming new movie Mikhail Zoschenko plays is Istinnye proishestviya which will be released on Mar 05, 2002.

Mikhail Mikhailovich Zoschenko was born on August 9, 1894, into the family of an artist. Zoschenko studied law at St. Petersburg University for 2 years before WWI. In 1915 he went to war as a volunteer. He was decorated four times for his courage, rising to Captain and a Battalion commander. He was wounded in action three times, but continued active service on the front-line. He was hospitalized only after a severe gas poisoning while in action. In 1917 he served as the Commandant of the General Post and Telegraph in Petrograd (St. Petersburg). In 1918 he joined the Red Army in the Russian Civil War against the Czar's White Army.