Boris Kornilov

Boris Kornilov (Russian: Бори́с Петро́вич Корни́лов) (29 July 1907, in Pokrovskoye – 20 February 1938) was a Soviet, Russian poet. He is probably best known for penning the words to The Song of the Meeting (Песня о встречном) which was used to open the morning radio broadcast throughout the Soviet Union, even for years after its author perished during the Great Purge[1][2]. Kornilov was arrested on 19 March 1937, sentenced to death on 20 February 1938 and shot in Leningrad the same day. Kornilov has been posthumously rehabilitated, and there is a museum and a statue dedicated to him in the town of Semyonov, near his birthplace. He was married to Olga Bergholz[3][4].

References

  1. ↑ Jacek Klinowski & Adam Garbicz (2012). Feature Cinema in the 20th Century: a Comprehensive Guide. One: 1913-1950. Planet RGB Limited. ISBN 978-1-624-07564-3.
  2. ↑ Matthew Tobin Anderson (2015). Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad. Candlewick Press. ISBN 978-0-763-68054-1.
  3. ↑ Katharine Hodgson (2003). Voicing the Soviet Experience: The Poetry of Ol'ga Berggol'ts. OUP/British Academy. pp. 11–13. ISBN 978-0-197-26289-4.
  4. ↑ Christine D. Tomei (1999). Russian Women Writers. 1. Taylor & Francis. p. 958. ISBN 978-0-815-31797-5.


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