Alexander Fadeyev

Alexander Alexandrovich Fadeyev ({{lang-ru|?????????? ?????????????? ???????}}; {{OldStyleDate|24 December|1901|11 December}} –May 13, 1956) was a Soviet writer, one of the co-founders of the Union of Soviet Writers and its chairman from 1946 to 1954.

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May 13 - 1956 - Soviet - Writer - Union of Soviet Writers - 1946 - 1954

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Fadeyev was brought up in Chuguyevka, Primorsky Krai and took part in the guerilla movement against the Japanese interventionists and the White Army. It was in 1927 that he published a cornerstone of socialist realism, the novel The Rout (a.k.a. The Nineteen), which glorified the valiancy of youthful guerilla fighters.

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Chuguyevka - Primorsky Krai - Japanese - White Army - 1927 - Socialist realism

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In 1945, he wrote his best novel, The Young Guard, which was based on real events of World War II. The novel was about an underground anti-fascist Komsomol organization named Young Guard, which fought against the Nazis in the occupied city Krasnodon (in the Ukrainian SSR). However, not all facts, especially concerning the treachery and the reveal of the organization, were known at the moment the book was written, therefore, it may have few inaccurate places. In 1948, a Soviet movie Molodaya Gvardiya (The Young Guard in English), based on the book, was released, which was revised in 1964 due to revealed inaccuraces in the book.

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1945 - The Young Guard - World War II - Anti-fascist - Komsomol - Young Guard - Krasnodon - Ukrainian SSR - 1948 - Soviet - English - 1964

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Fadeyev was a great champion of Joseph Stalin, proclaiming him "the greatest humanist the world has ever known". During the 1940s, he actively promoted Zhdanovshchina and married a famous stage actress, Angelina Stepanova (1905–2000).

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Joseph Stalin - 1940s - Zhdanovshchina - Angelina Stepanova - 1905 - 2000

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The novelist couldn't survive disillusionment in Stalinism during the Khrushchev Thaw and started to drink heavily. He eventually committed suicide at his dacha in Peredelkino, his death occasioning an epigram by Boris Pasternak, his neighbor.

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Stalinism - Khrushchev Thaw - Peredelkino - Boris Pasternak

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