Background
KOL’TSOV, (real was born on June 12, 1898 in Kiev. Son of a craftsman.
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1915 enrolled at Petrograd Psychoneurological Institute.
Career
During 1917 February Revol active with soldiers and sailors at the Tauride Palace and served with workers’ militia in the arrest of tsarist ministers. 1918-1921 fought in Civil War on Southern, Southwestern and Polish Fronts. From 1920 worked in Moscow' for Press Department, People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs and for Russian Wire Agency.
1921 helped crush Kronstadt Mutiny. 9 July 1920 first sketch entitled Makhno appeared in Pravda. From 1922 contributed fcuilletons almost daily to Pravda.
From 1923 member, editorial board, Pravda. From 1923 founder-ed, journal Ogonyok. 1928-1930 cd, journal Chudak.
1934-1938 ed, journal Krokodil. With Gorky, credited journal 7-a rubezhom. As head, Journal-Newspaper Association, directed publ of Zhizn’ zamechatel'nykh lyudey (The Lives of Notable Persons), Biblioteka romanov (Library of Novels), Istoriya molodogo cheloveka 19-go veka (The History of a Young Manitoba of the 19th Century) and the book Den' mira (Day of Peace) (1937).
1935, as head of Foreign Commission, Soviet Writers’ Union, attended International Writers’ Congress in Paris. 1937 head, Soviet dcleg at writers’ congress in Spain. Company-founder and secretary, International Writers’ Association.
1938 elected deputy, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Supreme Soviet. Toured Soviet Union and made many foreign trips. 1927 visited Budapest under an alias.
To went Germany, gained admission to Sonnenburg Prison and visited Max Helz there. 1932 contrived to interview and photograph General Shatilov. 1931 and 1936 visited Spain.
Covered Spanish Civil War for Pravda. Specialized in feuilletons, particularly denunciatory ones such as: "The Voronezh Pinkertons” (1927) about bureaucratism. "Acrobats, Incidentally" (1930) about architectural monstrosities.
”A Very Bad Lapse” (1930) about public facilities and sendees. "On the Question of Obtuseness” (1931) about redtape and official bungling. "Night-Blindness” (1930) about excessive form-filling, et cetera
Outstanding was his scries of novellas under the general title Ivan Vadimovich, chelovek na urovne (Ivan Vadimovich, Manitoba at the Top) (1933), in which he depicted the typical philistine and time-server with a Party card in his pocket. Among his best feuilletons lauding new aspects of life are: ”145 Lincolnshire of Lyrics” (1924) about the Soviet hard ruble. "Birth of a Firstling” (1925) about the Shatura Power Plant.
"White Paper” (1926) about the construction of the Balakhna Paper Combine, et cetera Also wrote numerous sketches, to gain experience for which he worked as a school-teacher (’’Seven Days in a Class” (1935)), drove a taxi in Moscow ("Three Days in a Taxi" (1934)) and served in a registry office ("In the Registry Office" (1936)), et cetera Wrote various sketches about Lenin: ’’The Last Trip” (1924).
"Wife. Sister..” (1924). "January Days” (1925), et cetera Wrote sketches about the 1917 Revol: ’’October” (1919).
’’The February March" and "Dust and Sun” (1921). "Distant Tracks” (1925), et cetera 1938 arrested by State Security organs.
Membership
Correspondent member, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences from 1938. Communist Party member from 1918.
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Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics