Leo Gruliow

May 27, 1913 (age 84)

Bayonne, New Jersey, United States

Teaching himself the Russian language, Gruliow used his new skills to establish himself as a Soviet scholar and translator. Early in his career, he worked at the Elizabeth Evening Times as a reporter and the New York Democrat as a reporter and managing editor, before he found himself jobless during the Great Depression. He accepted a position with the Moscow Daily News as a technical consultant in 1933. The News was an English-language newspaper based in Moscow that was intended for tourists. In 1939 he became a Washington correspondent to the Transradio Press Service, then worked with New York’s Russian War Relief during World War II. He then joined the Americans Friends Service Committee as a lecturer. Stints as a guest lecturer followed at Grinnell College and the New School for Social Research. Gruliow also began work as a translator for the American Council of Learned Societies. In 1948 Gruliow began the Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press at Columbia University and served as its editor. More assignments as an educator followed at schools such as the Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales. Gruliow also served as a television commentator for the ABC and CBC television networks. Gruliow later founded Diorama Publications in New York City. Other career achievements included a stint with The Christian Science Monitor as its bureau chief in Moscow. He was the editor of several volumes of "Current Soviet Policies" and authored "Moscow." Among his translations were Bulat Okudzhava’s "A Taste of Liberty" and Aleksander Solzhenitsyn’s "The Cancer Ward." For his work providing relief to Russians after World War II, Gruliow was decorated by the Kremlin.

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Background

Leo Gruliow was born on May 27, 1913 in Bayonne, New Jersey, United States. Although his parents had both been born in St. Petersburg, Mr. Gruliow did not know Russian.

Career

Teaching himself the Russian language, Gruliow used his new skills to establish himself as a Soviet scholar and translator. Early in his career, he worked at the Elizabeth Evening Times as a reporter and the New York Democrat as a reporter and managing editor, before he found himself jobless during the Great Depression. He accepted a position with the Moscow Daily News as a technical consultant in 1933. The News was an English-language newspaper based in Moscow that was intended for tourists. In 1939 he became a Washington correspondent to the Transradio Press Service, then worked with New York’s Russian War Relief during World War II. He then joined the Americans Friends Service Committee as a lecturer.

Stints as a guest lecturer followed at Grinnell College and the New School for Social Research. Gruliow also began work as a translator for the American Council of Learned Societies. In 1948 Gruliow began the Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press at Columbia University and served as its editor. More assignments as an educator followed at schools such as the Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales. Gruliow also served as a television commentator for the ABC and CBC television networks. Gruliow later founded Diorama Publications in New York City. Other career achievements included a stint with The Christian Science Monitor as its bureau chief in Moscow. He was the editor of several volumes of "Current Soviet Policies" and authored "Moscow." Among his translations were Bulat Okudzhava’s "A Taste of Liberty" and Aleksander Solzhenitsyn’s "The Cancer Ward." For his work providing relief to Russians after World War II, Gruliow was decorated by the Kremlin.

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Leo was famous as the author of book ''Moscow'', and also as a translator of books from Russian.

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Current Soviet policies-II Current Soviet policies-II

Moscow: The Great Cities Moscow: The Great Cities

$The Great Cities \/ Vienna The Great Cities \/ Vienna$ $Current Soviet Policies: The Documentary Record of the Nineteenth Communist Party Congress and the Reorganization After Stalin\'s Death Current Soviet Policies: The Documentary Record of the Nineteenth Communist Party Congress and the Reorganization After Stalin\'s Death$ Current Soviet Policies, V4: The Documentary Record of the Twenty-Second Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Current Soviet Policies, V4: The Documentary Record of the Twenty-Second Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Current Soviet Policies, V4: The Documentary Record of the Twenty-Second Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Current Soviet Policies, V4: The Documentary Record of the Twenty-Second Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Current Soviet Policies, V2: The Documentary Record of the Twentieth Communist Party Congress and Its Aftermath Current Soviet Policies, V2: The Documentary Record of the Twentieth Communist Party Congress and Its Aftermath

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Leo Gruliow was married to a woman named Agnes Gruliow, with whom ha had a son Frank Gruliow and a daughter Rebecca Gruliow.

Spouse:: Agnes Gruliow
Son:: Frank Gruliow
Daughter:: Rebecca Gruliow
Sister:: Vera Galanter
Sister:: Lucille Rosen

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Current Soviet policies-II

Moscow: The Great Cities

The Great Cities / Vienna

Current Soviet Policies: The Documentary Record of the Nineteenth Communist Party Congress and the Reorganization After Stalin's Death

Current Soviet Policies, V4: The Documentary Record of the Twenty-Second Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Current Soviet Policies, V2: The Documentary Record of the Twentieth Communist Party Congress and Its Aftermath

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