The novelist who wrote the revolution in sailors' speech
Born Nikolai Kochkurov to a family of dock labourers in Samara, he joined the Bolsheviks in March 1917, fought in the Civil War and served as a sailor in the Black Sea Fleet. His expressionist, ornamental prose produced Rivers of Fire and the novel Russia Washed in Blood. Arrested in 1937, he was shot in 1938 and rehabilitated in 1956.
Also known as: Nikolai Kochkurov · Artem Vesely
Activities and affiliations
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1917–
Soviet Communist Party and Bolsheviks
Social movements and organizing - 1919–1937
Career Timeline
- 1917Joins the Bolsheviks; takes part in the October Revolution and the Civil War
- 1923Publishes Rivers of Fire
- 1937Arrested
- 1938Shot at Kommunarka; rehabilitated in 1956