Aksenov Vasily Pavlovich

Definition:

Writer

Years of life: 1932-2009
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03/05/1966 participated in an attempted demonstration on Red Square in Moscow against the alleged rehabilitation of Stalin. He was detained by vigilantes. In 1967-1968 signed a number of letters in defense of dissidents, for which he received a reprimand and entered into his personal file from the Moscow branch of the Union of Writers of the USSR. Back in March 1963, at a meeting with the intelligentsia in the Kremlin, Nikita Khrushchev sharply criticized Aksyonov. And in the 1970s, after the end of the “thaw,” Aksyonov’s works ceased to be published in his homeland. From the very beginning, the novels “The Burn” (1975) and “Island of Crimea” (1979) were created by the author without any expectation of publication. In 1977-1978 Aksyonov's works began to appear abroad, primarily in the USA.
In 1978, together with A. Bitov, V. Erofeev, F. Iskander, E. Popov, B. Akhmadulina, he became one of the organizers and authors of the uncensored almanac “Metropol”. Never published in the Soviet censored press, the almanac was published in the USA. Like all the participants in the almanac, he was subjected to “working”. As a sign of protest against the subsequent exclusion of Popov and Erofeev from the Union of Writers of the USSR in December 1979, V. Aksyonov, as well as Inna Lisnyanskaya and Semyon Lipkin, announced their withdrawal from the joint venture. The history of the almanac is described in the novel “Say “Raisin”.

Cases (1)

Documents (13)

Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Ратушинская Ирина Борисовна
1. Article by Loytarenko A. “Moving on to the despicable prose of life...” in the article “Soviet Culture” dated 08/18/1987. about Ratushinskaya I.B.
1 лист, 1 изображение, газетная/журнальная вырезка
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Лиснянская Инна Львовна
1. Article by O. Rychkova “Do not renounce the truth. This was the motto of the authors of the almanac" in the newspaper "Trud" dated January 20, 2004. about the destruction of the literary almanac "Metropol".
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Эткинд Ефим Григорьевич
1. Memoirs of Vasilyeva S.B. “The Unlost Generation” about the late 1960s in Leningrad, published in the newspaper “Evening Leningrad”, No. 65 (18755), 03/18/1989.
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Ратушинская Ирина Борисовна
2. Article by Lasmane-Doronina L. “Irina Ratushinskaya. Gray is the color of hope”, published in the magazine “Rodnik” No. 10, 1989; materials from the research department of Radio Liberty; F-60 from 03.11.1989
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 2 / Case Максимов Владимир Емельянович
3. Conversation between Vasilyeva G. “National reconciliation is needed” in the newspaper “Izvestia” dated 08/04/1990 with Maksimov V.E. about the visit to Moscow, changes and the national question.
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Орловский Эрнст Семенович
13. Article by Orlovsky E.S. “A year after the XXVII Congress of the CPSU: There are reasons for optimism, but there are also many reasons for skepticism,” written in April 1987; archive of Radio Liberty AS No. 5988.
Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Драбкина Елизавета Яковлевна
14. The article “The Kolyma People Were”, dedicated to the memories of Gulag survivors, published in the newspaper “Zapolyarnaya Pravda” dated 01/05/1990.
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Солженицын Александр Исаевич
26. Article by V. Novikov “Emancipation. Memoirs of a Reader” in the magazine “Znamya” No. 3, 1990, pp. 210-216, about the “GULAG Archipelago”.