Background
Ermilov, Vladimir was born on October 29, 1904 in Moscow.
Ermilov, Vladimir was born on October 29, 1904 in Moscow.
Graduated from Moscow University in 1924.
Editor oiMolodaia Gvardiia in the late 1920s. One of the leaders of RAPP, 1928. Became known later as a servile and virulent Stalinist, his denunciations leading to the imprisonment and death of many of his former literary colleagues.
Chief editor of Literaturnaia Gazeta, 1946-1950, during the Zhdanovshchina. Lost his influence after Stalin’s death.
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