Pyotr Ionowitsch Jakir
Pyotr Ionowitsch Jakir ( Russian Пётр Ионович Якир ; born January 20, 1923 in Kiev , † November 14, 1982 in Moscow ) was a Soviet dissident and historian. As the son of the Soviet general Iona Emmanuilowitsch Jakir , he was sent to various education and prison camps after the arrest and execution of his father in 1937. His mother, Sarra Lasarewna Jakir, was also detained separately from him in prison camps of the Soviet gulag system . He later wrote down his own experiences in a book entitled Childhood in Captivity .
Life
After repeated arrests and rehabilitation, he was able to move to Moscow in 1955. There Jakir worked as a research assistant in the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR . In 1972 he was arrested again, lived in exile and was pardoned in 1974.
Works
- Childhood in captivity. 1st edition. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1974, ISBN 3-518-06652-8 (= Suhrkamp Taschenbuch, 152).
Web links
- Literature by and about Petr I. Jakir in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography Peter Jakir / Pyotr Ionowitsch Jakir
Individual evidence
- ↑ The way up . In: Der Spiegel . No. 32 , 1962 ( online ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jakir, Pyotr Ionowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Якир, Пётр Ионович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet dissident and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiev |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 14, 1982 |
| Place of death | Moscow |