Mykola Kulish
| Mykola Kulish Микола Гурович Куліш |
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December 19, 1892 Dnieper uyezd, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | November 3, 1937 (aged 44) Sandarmokh, Medvezhyegorsk, USSR |
| Occupation | pedagogue, prosaic, drama writer |
| Nationality | Ukrainian |
| Period | 1913–1934 |
| Literary movement | Hart, VAPLITE, Politfront |
| Notable works | Myna Mazaylo |
| Spouse | Antonina |
Mykola Kulish (Ukrainian: Микола Гурович Куліш) (December 19, 1892 – November 3, 1937) was a Ukrainian prosaic, drama writer, pedagogue, veteran of World War I, and Red Army veteran. He is considered to be one of the lead figures of Executed Renaissance.
Kulish was born in the village of Chaplynka (today it is a raion seat), which in his letters he called Chaplyn. From age 9 he studied in a parish church and school. Since 1905 Kulish studied at the Oleshky municipal eight-year school. Here he met with Ivan Dniprovsky. In 1908 he enrolled into the Oleshky pro-gymnasium which got closed down before he could graduate. During his school years he published several short verses and epigrams in students' hand-written magazines which gave him a certain degree of fame among his peers. In 1913 for the first time he writes a play At fish catching (Russian: На рыбной ловле) which later became the base for his comedy That was how perished Huska (Ukrainian: Отак загинув Гуска).
At 22 he enrolled in the Novorossiysk University Philology Department. However his education was interrupted again because of World War I as he was drafted to the Army. At first he served as a private at the reserve battalion. In 1914 he was sent to the Odessa school of praporshchiks (flag-bearers) after which he went to the front-lines being there from 1915–1917. He continued to write short verses and small plays which were published in a military press-media. In 1917 already as an officer he chose the side of the February Revolution.
From the start of 1918 he was a head of Oleshky council of Workers' and Peasants' Deputies. In July 1919 in Kherson he organized the Dnipro Peasantry Regiment as part of RKKA. The regiment participated in the defense of Kherson and Mykolaiv from the forces of Anton Denikin. During the government of Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky he was imprisoned for five months. After the return of the Red Army he was appointed as the chief of staff of Kherson and Dnipro uyezd Army groups.
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