Vladimir Kirillov


Vladimir Timofeïevitch Kirillov was a Russian proletarian poet associateed with Proletkult.
Kirillov was born into peasantry and was first published in 1913. In 1918 he was elected to the national praesidium of Proletkult and also became active in :ru:Кузница |Kuznitsa.
He became one of the victims of the Great Purge and was arrested on 30 January and later executed on 16 July.
He was rehabilitated in 1957.