George Skrebitsky - the singer of native nature

Georgy Skrebitsky is a writer who was in love with his native fields, forests, mountains. His books tell of travel to the beautiful world of nature. Surprisingly accurate, juicy and imaginative language, this master-naturalist passed on the beauty of the middle zone of Russia, the habits of the most diverse inhabitants of the forest, the customs of the Russian people. In his works he invested extraordinary humanity, humanity, experience, unique artistic techniques and means. His stories are like fairy tales.

Childhood

In 1903 a talented master of pictorial descriptions Georgy Skrebitsky was born. The biography of the writer is very difficult. He was raised by foster parents. At the age of four, NN was adopted. Skrebitskaya Street. A little later her husband becomes a zemstvo doctor AM Polylov. All further childhood Grisha spent in a small town Chern in Tula province, where the entire family moved.

The foster father of George was very fond of fishing, hunting, often took a boy with him, than instilled in him a love for his native nature. Even in his childhood George learned to treat carefully and consciously everything around him, to love his smaller brothers. This was reflected in his work and life credo. Skrabitsky's favorite hobbies were reading books and natural history. He could not determine which of these two areas to choose, so he combined the two professions into one. He became a writer-naturalist.

Extraction of knowledge

After receiving secondary education in one of the schools of the town, Georgy Skrebitsky goes to the capital, where he enters the Literary Department at the Institute of Living Word. After the young man mastered the writing skills, the next step in the training was the Higher Zootechnical Institute. Here George mastered the basics of hunting and fur farming.

Having graduated from this institution, the young man goes to work in the research institute for fur farming and hunting. Then he was a research fellow in the laboratory at Moscow State University, where he studied the psychology of various animals. This work allowed Skrebitsky to participate in various expedition trips, to explore the life of animals on the loose.

Such observations he had been doing for 5 years. In 1937, Georgiy Alekseevich was awarded the title of Candidate of Biological Sciences. For some time he headed the Department of Animal Physiology at Moscow State University. All this time he worked on several scientific works related to zoology and zoopsychology.

Singer of Russian nature

The older the scientist became, the more often he wanted to write down all his hunting adventures on paper, as well as capture childhood memories of the first encounters with nature. So gradually, George began to turn into a singer of his native nature. Many younger schoolchildren are familiar with Skrubitsky's first work "Ushan" about a bunny born in the autumn. This led the author to the idea of writing stories about animals. He is also the author of two novels. His books are known not only in Russia, but also in Poland, Bulgaria, Germany, Albania, Slovakia, Hungary, the Czech Republic.

In the 1940s Georgy Skrebitsky closely collaborated with the well-known animal writer Vera Chaplina. She helped him publish works, and also suggested ideas for new stories. Together they wrote stories about animals for the youngest readers and published in children's magazines.

Scenarios for cartoons

Especially strikingly expressed vivid features of the talent of the writer-naturalist in the creation of scenarios for filmstrips and cartoons. In all these works, the main characters were animals. The most memorable works are the filmstripes "Who as Winter", "Who Sings Like a Summer", "About Squirrel-Blowing," "Bear-Bearer".

In 1949, Georgy Skrebitsky visited Western Belorussia. After that he wrote many essays and collected them in the book "Belovezhskaya Pushcha". His last novel, the writer never finished, it was completed by Vera Chaplin. Death overtook George Alekseyevich unexpectedly, in the summer of 1964 he had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. Acute heart attack did not give a chance to Skrebitsky, he died on August 18 of the same year.

Basic information about stories

• "White coat" - a story about the adventures and wintering of a white fluffy rabbit.
• In "Long-tailed robbers" the behavior of feathered magpies is considered.
• "Mitin friends" - a work about a boy who became attached to a louse and his mom-moose.
• "Lodge in the forest" introduces the adventures of an experienced amateur hunt.
• "Mysterious find" is an interesting adventure that happened to schoolchildren during the making of starling-boxes.
• "The thief" talks about a clever handmade squirrel.
• "Forest Voice" - a narrative about the native land, summer rest, forest dwellers.

Affectionate humor, poetry, warmth - these are the features inherent in the skill of Georgy Alekseevich Skrebitsky. His works develop character, teach to love our smaller brothers, take care of everything living. The smallest children and schoolchildren always enjoy the life of forest dwellers with pleasure. Most often his books are used for extra-curricular and family reading, development of children's speech.