April 22 (9), 1908, a paleontologist and writer Ivan Efremov was born. Personal business Ivan Antonovich Efremov (1908 - 1972) was born in the village of Vasitsa. His father was the tenant of a local sawmill. In 1914, the family moved to Berdyansk, where the boy entered the gymnasium. He read a lot, mainly the books of Jules Verne, Haggard, Wells, Conan Doyle and Jack London. In 1917, Ivan's parents divorced, at the end of 1918, the mother and children left for Kherson.