Georgii Tushkan

Georgii Pavlovich Tushkan (1905–1965) was a Russian novelist, specializing in adventure and science fiction.

In 1926, Tushkan graduated from Uman Polytechnic, then in 1929 from Kharkov Institute of Grain Crops.

Starting in 1933, he worked Pamir Mountains, conducting economic surveys for the Turksib highway and other facilities.

He worked in intelligence, searching for German missile weapons, which he described in his 1961 book Hunters for the FAA.

In the 1960s, Tushkan was chairman of the science fiction and adventure division of the Moscow Writing Organization.