Boris Kornilov (1907 - 1938) was a Soviet, communist poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

. He is probably best known for penning the words to The Song of the Meeting (Песня о встречном) which was used to open the morning radio broadcast throughout the Soviet Union, even for years after its author perished during the Great Purge

Great Purge

The Great Purge was a series of campaigns of political repression and persecution in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin from 1936 to 1938...

. Kornilov has been posthumously rehabilitated, and there is a museum and a statue dedicated to him in the town of Semyonov

Semyonov

Semyonov , also transliterated as Semenov, Semenoff, and Semionov , or Semyonova is a common Russian last name...

, near his birthplace. He was married to Olga Berggolts

Olga Berggolts

Olga Fyodorovna Bergholz was a Soviet poet. She is most famous for her work on the Leningrad radio during the city's blockade, when she became the symbol of city's strength and determination.-Early life:...

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