Background
GOLOVKO, Andrey was born in 1897 in village Yurki, now Poltava Oblast.
GOLOVKO, Andrey was born in 1897 in village Yurki, now Poltava Oblast.
Was village school teacher. 1920-1922 Red Army volunteer, then instructor, Kharkov Military School for Red Sergeant-Majors. After demobilisation, village school teacher.
1922 joined Society of Ukrainia Peasant Writers, “Plug” (The Plow). 1941-1945 war correspondent for newspaper “Kommunist” and many other front-line newspapers.