| July 25 1929 |
Born in the village of Srostky, Biysk district, the Altai |
| 1937 1943 |
Learned at Srostky Secondary School, finished 7 grades |
| 1944 1947 |
A student of Biysk Automobile Techical colege |
| 1949 | NavyConscript |
| 1949 1953 |
The Baltic navy seaman, later the Black Sea navy radio operator |
| 1953 | Demobilized, returned to his native village, sat his examinations as an external student |
| 1953 1954 |
Worked at young workers' school as a teacher and a school master |
| May 1954 |
Candidate - member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union |
| August 1954 |
Passed the entrance exams and became a first year student of the producer faculty of the State Cinema Institute, M.I. Romm's studio |
| 1958 | The first story "The Two on the Cart" published in No. 15, 1958 "Smena" Magazine. A leading part in the film "Two Feodors" |
| 1959 | "The Gold Echelon" film, the part of Andrey Nizovtsev |
| 1960 | Р"A Simple Story" film, the part of Ivan Lykov. Shukshin's graduation work as a producer "They inform from Lebyazhye" |
| December 1960 |
Graduated from the State Cinema Institute got film producer diploma |
| 1961 | "Aleonka" film, the part of Stepan Revun, "When the Trees were Big" film, the part of a collective farm head, "Mishka, Sereoga and Me" film, the part of Gennady Nicolaievitch |
| 1963 | The first story book "The Villagers" printed by "Molodaya Gvardia" ("Young Guards") publishing house in Moscow |
| 1964 | The produser and the script writer of the film "There Lives Such a Fellow". This film won the first prize at the All Union film festival in Lenindrad and the main reward of the XVI International film festival in Venice - "The Gold Lion of Saint Mark" |
| 1965 | The novel "The Lubavins" edited by "Sovetsky Pisatel" ("The Soviet Writer") pyblishing house in Moscow, "What is the Sea" film, the part of Ghorka |
| 1966 | "The Journalist" film, the part of Eugene Korpatchev, the produser and the script writer of the film "Your Son and Brother". For that film V.Shukshin was awarded Brothers Vasilyev State Russia Prize |
| 1968 | Film "Near the Lake", the part of Vasily Chernykh. V. Shukshin became Honoured Art Worker of Russia. The producer and the script writer of the film "The Strange People" |
| 1970 | The story book "Countrymen" printed by the "Soviet Russia" publishing house in Moscow |
| 1971 | V. Shukshin was awarded the USSR State Prize for the part of Vasily Chernykh, got the Order of the Red Banner. He took part in the film epic "Osvobozhdenie" ("Liberation"), the part of Marshal Konev |
| 1972 | The scriptwriter, producer of the film "Petchki - Lavotcki" ("Oven - Benches). Shukshin played the main part of tractor-driver Ivan Rastorguev |
| 1973 | The story book "Characters". The producer and the script writer of the film "Kalina Krasnaya" ("The Red Gyelder Rose"). The main part of Egor Prokudin |
| 1974 | Film "The Red Gyelder Rose" was awarded the prize of the VIII All Union film festival. For the part of Egor Prokudin in this film V. Shukshin was considered to be the best actor of the year. The last part of Peotr Lopakhin played by Shukshin in the film "They Struggled for Their Motherland" (after M. Sholokhov's novel). The story book "The Talks under the Bight Moon, "Soviet Writer" publishing house |
| 2 October 1974 |
Vasily M. Shukshin died during the shooting of the film "They Struggled for Their Motherland" from a sudden heart attack |
| 1975 | For the part of Peotr Lopakhin in the film "They Struggled for Their Motherland" V. Shukshin was considered to be the best actor of the year |
| 1976 | For the creative achievements of the last years in the field of the cinema V.M. Shukshin was awarded with the Lenin Prize (posthumosly) |
