Yulian Semyonov
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Yulian Semyonov (Юлиа́н Семёнович Семёнов) (October 8, 1931 - September 5, 1993) was a Russian writer of spy fiction.
In 1968, Semyonov wrote the ideologically orthodox novel The Seventeen Instants of Spring, based on the true story of a Russian spy, "Stirlitz", during 17 days at the very end of World War II. This was also produced as a TV series. Despite the official nature of Stirlitz, the Seventeen Instants of Spring became popular and created Stirlitz jokes which survived the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
He also wrote several novels about a White emigre spy sent to the Soviet Union. These were made into the movie Oshibka Rezidenta (1968), which spawned three sequels.
