Boris Pilnyak
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Soviet writer (1894-1938)
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
- Place of death
- Kommunarka shooting ground
- 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
- place of burial
- Kommunarka shooting ground
- writing language
- Russian
- ethnic group
- Volga Germans
- name in native language
- Борис Андреевич Пильняк
- P8168
- Hey Arnold!
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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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