Semyon Altov (Russian: Семён Альтов) (born January 17, 1945) is a Soviet comedy writer.

Original name: Semyon Teodorovich Altshuller (Russian: Семён Теодо́рович Альтшуллер).

[1][2] Semyon Altov was born in Sverdlovsk.

The same year the family moved to Leningrad, where Semyon Altov spent his whole life.

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