Valery Marakou
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Valery Marakou was a Belarus
ian poet and translator.
who supported the young poet. During Marakou's short lifetime, four books of his poetry had been published.
In March 1935 he was arrested by agents of the Cheka
for the first time. After that he was arrested again on November 6, 1936.
In October 1937, after a year of tortures, the badly maimed poet was charged for being "a member of a counter-revolutionary national-fascist organisation", by a session of NKVD
's "troika"
. He was executed by a fire squad on the infamous for the country's history night of October 29 in the internal prison of NKVD in Minsk, together with other 22 Belarusian intellectuals and social activists.
Valery Marakou was rehabilitated by a military board of the Supreme Court of the USSR on April 23, 1957.
The works of Valery Marakou were re-discovered for the Belarusian reader and the facts of his tragic fate were investigated due to the diligent labour of his nephew, Leanid Marakou
, a renowned Belarusian historian-encyclopedist and writer. Leanid Marakou had published a monograph dedicated to the life and works of the poet, and placed the uncle's books in electronic format on his web-site.
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
ian poet and translator.
Short biography
First verses of poetry by Marakou were published in 1925 and attracted attention of the famous Belarusian poet Yanka KupalaYanka Kupala
Yanka Kupala — was the pen name of Ivan Daminikavich Lutsevich , a Belarusian poet and writer. Kupala is considered one of the greatest Belarusian-language writers of the 20th century.-Early life:...
who supported the young poet. During Marakou's short lifetime, four books of his poetry had been published.
In March 1935 he was arrested by agents of the Cheka
Cheka
Cheka was the first of a succession of Soviet state security organizations. It was created by a decree issued on December 20, 1917, by Vladimir Lenin and subsequently led by aristocrat-turned-communist Felix Dzerzhinsky...
for the first time. After that he was arrested again on November 6, 1936.
In October 1937, after a year of tortures, the badly maimed poet was charged for being "a member of a counter-revolutionary national-fascist organisation", by a session of NKVD
NKVD
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the public and secret police organization of the Soviet Union that directly executed the rule of power of the Soviets, including political repression, during the era of Joseph Stalin....
's "troika"
NKVD troika
NKVD troika or Troika, in Soviet Union history, were commissions of three persons who convicted people without trial. These commissions were employed as an instrument of extrajudicial punishment introduced to circumvent the legal system with a means for quick execution or imprisonment...
. He was executed by a fire squad on the infamous for the country's history night of October 29 in the internal prison of NKVD in Minsk, together with other 22 Belarusian intellectuals and social activists.
Valery Marakou was rehabilitated by a military board of the Supreme Court of the USSR on April 23, 1957.
The works of Valery Marakou were re-discovered for the Belarusian reader and the facts of his tragic fate were investigated due to the diligent labour of his nephew, Leanid Marakou
Leanid Marakou
Leanid Marakou — a Belarusian journalist, writer and historian-encyclopedist.- Biography :...
, a renowned Belarusian historian-encyclopedist and writer. Leanid Marakou had published a monograph dedicated to the life and works of the poet, and placed the uncle's books in electronic format on his web-site.