Man of the day: William Pokhletkin
On August 20, 1923, historian William Pokhletkin was born, author of books on cooking. Personal business William Vasilievich Pokhletkin (1923 - 2000) was born in Moscow in the family of a party worker, a former professional revolutionary. The surname "Pokhletkin" was a party pseudonym for his father. After graduating from high school in 1941, William Pokhletkin volunteered for the front, was heavily shell -shocked in battles near Moscow.