Portugalov Valentin Valentinovich
Genus. 06/01/1913 in Kuntsevo, Moscow province. Graduated from the acting department of the State Experimental Theater Workshops named after. Sun. Meyerhold. Since 1931 - in the troupe of the Realistic Theater. In 1934-1936, actor and director of the children's broadcasting sector of the All-Union Radio Committee. In 1935 he entered the second year of the Evening Workers' Literary Institute. From 1936 he simultaneously worked as a literary staff member at a newspaper. Arrested 04/27/1937. Sentenced by the resolution of the OS NKVD of the USSR dated 08/02/1937 to 5 years in labor camp. In prison in Kolyma from October 27, 1937, he worked as a miner, lumberjack, tractor driver, and mining foreman. Released on May 14, 1942 at the Kheta mine (Khasynsky district). From September 19, 1942, he was an actor at the Magadan Musical and Drama Theater, then a director and leader of a pop group, with which he toured around Kolyma. In the fall of 1946, he was arrested for the second time and on September 30, 1946, he was sentenced to 8 years in the labor camp of the Ministry of Internal Affairs troops in Dalstroy. Released early "due to credits" on July 10, 1952. After his release, he worked in various positions in the villages of central Kolyma, and in 1955 he moved to Yagodnoye, where he became an artist. head of the district cultural center. Rehabilitated 10/08/1956. Since 1962 member of the USSR Writers' Union. In 1963 he moved to Moscow. He taught at the Higher Literary Courses and headed the department of literary excellence. Died 03/07/1969 in Moscow.
Биографическая статья
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Documents (1)
Fund 02 (Б-1) / Inventory 1 / Case Гетман Николай Иванович
1. Article by Biryukov A. “And America will tell about the Gulag” in the newspaper “Magadanskaya Pravda” for 08/18/1998 about the fate of Hetman N.I. and his creative heritage.
