Vladimir Kirillov
Vladimir Timofeïevitch Kirillov (Russian: Влад′имир Тимоф′еевич Кир′иллов) (2 October 1889, in Kharino, Smolensk Governorate – 16 July 1937, in Moscow) was a Russian proletarian poet associateed with Proletkult.
Kirillov was born into peasantry and was first published in 1913. In 1918 he was elected to the national praesidium of Proletkult[1] and also became active in Kuznitsa.
He became one of the victims of the Great Purge and was arrested on 30 January and later executed on 16 July.
He was rehabilitated in 1957.
References
- ^ Mally L. (2000), Revolutionary Acts: Amateur Theater and the Soviet State, 1917-1938. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
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