Background
AVERCHENKO, Arkadiy was born in 1881. Son of a merchant.
AVERCHENKO, Arkadiy was born in 1881. Son of a merchant.
Worked as clerk; from 1908 ed, humorous journal Satirikon, then Novyy satirikon: contributed to journals Zhurnal dlya vsekh, Utro, Zritel’, et cetera His humorous stories ridiculed everyday life and Philistinism. After 1917 October Revol emigrated to Paris, whence he ridiculed the Bolshevik Revol in Russia.