1892.3.21.–1938.8.3.
○ Died
The writer who made the masses the hero of the Civil War
From a village in Penza Governorate, he graduated from Petrograd University and was called up to the Black Sea Fleet. From 1918 to 1920 he served on the Eastern, Turkestan and Southern fronts of the Civil War and took part in the seizure of Crimea. The Fall of Dair (1923) made his name; he worked in the leadership of the Union of Soviet Writers and on the board of Novy Mir, and died in Moscow in 1938 with his novel People from the Backwoods unfinished.
Activities and affiliations
- 1914–1938
Career Timeline
- 1918–1920Serves on the Eastern, Turkestan and Southern fronts and in the seizure of Crimea
- 1923Publishes The Fall of Dair
- 1925Heads the naval department of Krasnaya Zvezda
- 1937–1938Writes the novel People from the Backwoods