Background
SVETLOV, Mikhail was born on June 4, 1903 in Yekaterinoslav.
SVETLOV, Mikhail was born on June 4, 1903 in Yekaterinoslav.
From 1922 studied at a workers’ faculty. 1928-1929 studied at Literature Faculty, Moscow University and at Bryusov Literature and Art Institute.
1919 head, Press Department, Yekaterinoslav Province Communist Youth League Committee. 1920-1922 in Red Army. 1920 worked for Press Department, Central Committee, Ukraine Communist Youth League.
During VVW 2 correspondent for newspaper “Krasnaya zvezda” in Leningrad, then on Northwestern and 1st Belorussian Fronts. Also correspondent, Army and corps newspapers. 1923 joined “Perval” lit group.
1917 first work published.