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Boris Pilnyak

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Also known as Boris Wogau, Boris Andreyevich Pilnyak

Soviet writer (1894-1938)

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Works
8

Top works

  • Tales of the Wilderness
  • The Naked Year
  • Naked Year (Russian Edition)
  • At the Doors and Other Stories
  • Mahogany and Other Stories

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Type
Group
Origin
Japan
Active from
1992
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Key facts

Born
Boris Andreyevich Vogau , 11 October 1894, Mozhaysk , Russian Empire
Died
21 April 1938 (aged 43), Kommunarka shooting ground , Moscow Oblast , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
Occupations
Novelist, short story writer
Notable work
The Naked Year , The Tale of the Unextinguished Moon

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Boris
Gender
male
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Place of birth
Mozhaysk
Occupation
poet
Languages spoken
Russian
Image
Pilnjak.jpg
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pseudonym
Pilnyak
Commons category
Boris Pilnyak
date of birth
1894-10-11
date of death
1937-04-21
manner of death
capital punishment
birth name
Борис Андреевич Вогау
writing language
Russian
ethnic group
Volga Germans
name in native language
Борис Андреевич Пильняк
Sources (2)

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Encyclopedic overview

Boris Andreyevich Pilnyak (né Vogau; Russian: Бори́с Андре́евич Пильня́к; October 11 [O.S. September 29] 1894 – April 21, 1938) was a Russian and Soviet writer who was executed by the Soviet government on false claims of plotting to kill Joseph Stalin and Nikolay Yezhov.

Biography

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