Viktor Dotsenko is a Russian author. The author of a series of
action
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* Action (narrative), a literary mode
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adventure
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novels featuring
Savely Govorkov
Sergeant Savely Govorkov (nicknamed Furious, also called Sergei (Rex) Govorkov in films) is a fictional character featuring in novels by Victor Dotsenko and others in the Soviet Union. A breakout character, Govorkov was created by Victor Dotsenk ...
, Dotsenko has often appeared on best-seller lists and was one of the best-selling authors in Russia in the 1990s.
According to 2007's ''Literature, History and Identity in Post-Soviet Russia'', Dotsenko's thrillers of the 1990s bore patriotic and anti-Western themes.
[Barker (2007), p. 493.] 2007's ''Literary Russia: A Guide'' credits him, alongside
Alexandra Marinina
Alexandra Marinina (born June 16, 1957, real name Marina Anatolyevna Alekseyeva ) is a Russian writer of detective stories.
Biography
Marinina was born in Lviv, Ukraine to a family of lawyers. She lived in Leningrad until 1971 and has lived ...
, with pioneering the thriller genre in Russia.
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Russian male novelists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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