Alexander Ignatjewitsch Tarasow-Rodionow

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Alexander Tarasov-Rodionov

Alexander Tarasov-Rodionov ( Russian Александр Игнатьевич Тарасов-Родионов ; born September 25 . Jul / 7. October  1885 greg. In Astrakhan , † 3. September 1938 in Kommunarka , Moscow Oblast ) was a Russian- Soviet writers.

Life

Tarasov-Rodionov became a member of the Social Democratic Party while still a student at Kazan University during the Russian Revolution of 1905 and joined the Bolsheviks . In 1908 he finished his studies as a lawyer . During the First World War he was called up for military service in 1915 and rose to sub-lieutenant ( Podporutschik ) until 1917 . Tarasov-Rodionov took an active part in the February and October revolutions in 1917; among other things, he was involved in the arrest of General Krasnow . In July 1917 he was briefly arrested for political activity. In 1918 the KPR (B) excluded Tarasov-Rodionov for “treasonable behavior” during imprisonment in 1917; the exclusion was later reversed after Stalin's intervention .

During the Russian Civil War and until 1922, Tarasov-Rodionov served as the commander of a unit of the Red Army , until 1924 he was an investigator in the Supreme Tribunal at the People's Commissariat of Justice.

He began his literary activity in 1922 with the Powest chocolate , which also remained his most famous work. It attracted widespread attention and was highly regarded by established authors such as Sergei Yesenin . Tarasow-Rodionow belonged to the literary group Kuznitsa ("blacksmiths") and was one of the co-founders of the October group (Oktyabr) . He later joined the influential Russian Association of Proletarian Writers (RAPP) , which largely followed the “party line”.

During the Stalin Purges , Tarasov-Rodionov was arrested on April 27, 1938 on charges of espionage . He was sentenced to death on September 3, 1938, and the sentence was carried out on the same day in Kommunarka, south of Moscow. He was rehabilitated on September 8, 1956.

Works (selection)

  • Chocolate ( Chocolate , 1922)
  • Grass and Blood ( Trawa i krow , 1924)
  • Difficult steps ( Tjascholyje shagi , in two parts):
    • February ( Fewral , 1928)
    • July ( Ijul , 1933)

Web links

Commons : Alexander Tarasov-Rodionov  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Тарасов-Родионов Александр Игнатьевич on: Memorial International
personal data
SURNAME Tarasow-Rodionow, Alexander Ignatjewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Тарасов-Родионов, Александр Игнатьевич
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Astrakhan
DATE OF DEATH September 3, 1938
Place of death Kommunarka , Moscow Oblast