Background
OLYK, Ipay was born on March 24, 1912 in village Toymet-Sola, now Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
OLYK, Ipay was born on March 24, 1912 in village Toymet-Sola, now Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
Studied at Moscow teachers’ training technicum and Film Institute.
1928 first work published. Translated works of Pushkin, Nekrasov, Mayakovskiy, etc, into Mari. 1937 arrested by State Security organs.
Communist Youth League member.