THE FATE OF REPRESSED WRITER OLEKSANDR SOKOLOVSKYI (MATERIALS OF HIS ARCHIVAL-CRIMINAL CASE)

Abstract

This is article is devoted to the tragic fate of the Oleksandr Sokolovskyi, who belonged to the Ukrainian writer’s cohort of the «Executed Renaissance» period, and who was executed during the Great Terror.

The last months of the novelist’s life within the walls of the NKVD were considered and analyzed according to the materials of the Criminal Archive File. He was unreasonably arrested and sentenced to death during the years of Stalinist repressions.

O. Sokolovskyi debuted in a poetic genre, fruitfully worked on a field of historical prose, also practiced translations. In his works he touched on revolution and the struggle of the people with tsarism. Soundly combining the historical truth, he became known for his novels «Pershi khorobri», «Nova zbroia», «Rokovani na smert», «Bohun» and  the story «Buntari».