Russia is not only immense open spaces and rich bowels, it is also the birthplace of world literature. It was here, on Russian soil, that great poets lived and worked, whose works are read decades later, translated into many languages, and have become an invaluable asset to posterity. One of these poets is Pavel Vasiliev.
First steps to poetry
Pavel Vasiliev was born in Kazakhstan, in the city with the beautiful name Zaysan. The poet’s birthday was a windy day on December 25, 1910. Pavel’s parents are the most average-income people. My father taught mathematics. The love of literature instilled in the poet his mother. However, the grandfather and grandmother also played an important role in the formation of the personality of the grandson. Pavel Vasiliev with pleasure every evening listened to their stories. Such an interest in cognition contributed to the fact that at the age of 10 he became interested in poetry and tried to write himself.
Student years of Pavel Vasiliev
In 1926, Pavel received secondary education in Pavlodar. Good study and a desire to study allowed the future poet to enter Vladivostok University. Hard work contributed to the success of the study of Japanese literature. Young talent was noticed, and in October 1926 the editors of the University of Vladivostok published his first poem, "October." The newspaper in which it was printed was called "Red Young." To get on the pages of such a publication meant recognition of merit, and everyone who read had no doubt: Pavel Vasiliev was a poet. The biography of the writer is rich and includes a number of diverse events.
Pavel Vasiliev: biography on the background of the formation of the country
Life situations that Vasiliev had to visit were difficult. In 1927-1929, Pavel Vasiliev lived in
Novosibirsk, Omsk and many other cities. He began to devote a great time to traveling around Siberia. In order to feed himself, Pavel had to work a lot, while he mastered many professions - from a gold mine worker to a steering fishing vessel. It was not only the poet’s financial condition that was difficult. He experienced a real literary crisis, because during these years not a single work of his was published. Different life situations could not break this man’s true calling. He did not give up, because he always knew about himself: Pavel Vasiliev is a poet. The biography is supplemented by years of successful training in literary courses in Moscow, which were considered prestigious among novice writers.
Literary rise
In 1929, recognition came. Pavel Vasilyev began to print many magazines in the capital. Suddenly, the need for a large amount of material increased, so Vasiliev writes diligently and a lot. The result of painstaking work by the end of 1930 was the poem "Song of the Cossack Army". The work turned out to be very voluminous, therefore newspaper editions printed only certain fragments. The whole poem was published only in 1932 by the New World magazine.
The arrest of Pavel Vasiliev
Publications brought fame to the author. At the peak of his youth, Pavel Vasiliev became popular. The poet’s biography is overshadowed by political events of that time. In 1932, Pavel, along with fellow poets, was arrested for several months. They were accused of participating in the banned literary group Sibiryaki. The participants in this meeting were considered counter-revolutionaries. Pavel Vasiliev’s cellmates were: Eugene Zabelin, Leonid Martynov, Sergey Markov. Paul's friends were sentenced to three years, and the city of Arkhangelsk became their place of exile. Paul received a suspended sentence.
Vasiliev Pavel Nikolaevich. Biography of a tragic fate
1935 was the most fruitful year in the life of Vasiliev Pavel Nikolaevich. The poet’s biography is full of dramatic events. Among them there was a place for the betrayal of friends. The success of the poet provoked hatred and envy. Many of the poet’s “friends” wrote letters to the editor with a request not to print Vasiliev, citing various implausible arguments. Editions ceased to cooperate with him. The result of such a tense situation was a fight initiated by the Komsomolskaya Pravda editorial staff. Pavel Vasiliev was arrested and imprisoned for a year. In 1936 he was released. However, foreseeing that this was not for long, Paul wrote one of his best poems - “Farewell to friends”. This work carries all the pain of the soul and regret that he will not be able to see the people dear to him.
The Way of the Cross
In 1937, Pavel Vasiliev was arrested by the NKVD. This time, the reason for the detention was the suspicion of organizing a terrorist act directed against Stalin. Moreover, Pavel Vasiliev was assigned the role of performer.
Lefortovo prison became the place of the last refuge of the poet
. After interrogations, his
beautiful signature became worse and worse, the letters lost legibility, and in the end turned into one solid line. Exhausted by the most cruel torture, with a broken spine, almost blind, he was taken to the courtroom. The verdict was announced on July 15, 1937. Pavel Vasiliev was only 27 years old when he was declared an enemy of the people and sentenced to death. The meeting lasted no more than 20 minutes, after which the sentence was carried out.
The young and talented poet had many trials. Unfortunately, he did not even have his own grave. For a long time the burial place of the poet was unknown. Only in the 80s it was possible to restore the picture of the events of that time and to find the last refuge of the poet. It was a mass grave No. 1 of the Don cemetery with unclaimed ashes. The 30s were the most difficult for the whole country. Every famous writer was repressed. Pavel Vasiliev was no exception - the biography is short, because the life path was only 27 years long. Talented works that he left behind tell about the life of the poet.