Background
DOROGOYCHENKO, Aleksey was born on March 13, 1894 in village Bol’shaya Kamenka, Samara Province.
DOROGOYCHENKO, Aleksey was born on March 13, 1894 in village Bol’shaya Kamenka, Samara Province.
Studied at Rovno Teachers’ Seminary, then at Saint St. Petersburg and Moscow University.
Active in Civil War and establishment of Soviet regime. 1917 first work printed. Translated Mordovian folklore and verse into Russian.
Communist Party member from 1919.