Alexander Tarasov-Rodionov
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Alexander Ignatyevich Tarasov-Rodionov , October 7, 1885 – September 3, 1938, was a Russian/Soviet writer.
where his father was a surveyor. He studied law at the University of Kazan. In 1905 he joined the Bolshevik
party. He was drafted in 1914, and became an officer. He participated in the Russian revolution of 1917
as a Bolshevik. He later worked as a magistrate and was involved in setting up the literary organizations Kuznitsa (The Smithy) and RAPP
.
He began writing after the Russian Civil War
. His works were printed in proletarian
magazines such as October and Young Guard. His novel Chocolate (1922), which has been translated into English, was used against him after his arrest in 1937. A number of his other works, including Grass and Blood (1924) and his unfinished autobiographical trilogy Heavy Steps (begun in 1927) were considered ideologically incorrect along with Chocolate. Upon being arrested he was accused of Trotskyism
. He was executed in 1938 at Kommunarka. He was rehabilitated in 1952.
It should be mentioned that Schokolade, the German translation of Chocolate, was burned by Nazis
during the extensive Nazi book burnings
in 1933.
Biography
Alexander was born in KazanKazan
Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the...
where his father was a surveyor. He studied law at the University of Kazan. In 1905 he joined the Bolshevik
Bolshevik
The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists , derived from bol'shinstvo, "majority") were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the Second Party Congress in 1903....
party. He was drafted in 1914, and became an officer. He participated in the Russian revolution of 1917
Russian Revolution of 1917
The Russian Revolution is the collective term for a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. The Tsar was deposed and replaced by a provisional government in the first revolution of February 1917...
as a Bolshevik. He later worked as a magistrate and was involved in setting up the literary organizations Kuznitsa (The Smithy) and RAPP
Russian Association of Proletarian Writers
The Russian Association of Proletarian Writers, also known under its transliterated abbreviation RAPP was an official creative union in the Soviet Union established in January 1925....
.
He began writing after the Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party. Soviet forces first assumed power in Petrograd The Russian Civil War (1917–1923) was a...
. His works were printed in proletarian
Proletariat
The proletariat is a term used to identify a lower social class, usually the working class; a member of such a class is proletarian...
magazines such as October and Young Guard. His novel Chocolate (1922), which has been translated into English, was used against him after his arrest in 1937. A number of his other works, including Grass and Blood (1924) and his unfinished autobiographical trilogy Heavy Steps (begun in 1927) were considered ideologically incorrect along with Chocolate. Upon being arrested he was accused of Trotskyism
Trotskyism
Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. Trotsky considered himself an orthodox Marxist and Bolshevik-Leninist, arguing for the establishment of a vanguard party of the working-class...
. He was executed in 1938 at Kommunarka. He was rehabilitated in 1952.
It should be mentioned that Schokolade, the German translation of Chocolate, was burned by Nazis
Nazism
Nazism, the common short form name of National Socialism was the ideology and practice of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany...
during the extensive Nazi book burnings
Nazi book burnings
The Nazi book burnings were a campaign conducted by the authorities of Nazi Germany to ceremonially burn all books in Germany which did not correspond with Nazi ideology.-The book-burning campaign:...
in 1933.