About futurist Nicholas Burliuk

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AV Krusanov

Materials for the biography of Nicholas Burliuk

Until recently, reliable biographical information about non continuous immersion post-revolutionary period in the life of the poet Nikolai Burliuk were not known to almost anyone. Even the date of his death (1920), reduced as far back as "unpublished works" Khlebnikov (p. 474) is complete. Works. cit. Mayakovsky (v. 13) and a brief literary 'encyclopedias (v. 9) without any explanation, then become a matter of doubt among specialists and accompanied by a question mark (1).
In the western literature of art criticism at the circumstances and date of death of Nicholas Burliuk existed a very wide range of different opinions. According to one author, Nicholas Burliuk died in 1917 on the Romanian front, (2), in the opinion of others, he was assassinated in 1916 (3) Even Burliuk at different times reported by different dates of his brother's death: first - 1918 (4 ), then - 1929 (5).
Slightly better than was the case in domestic journals: a question mark or without a majority of researchers adhered to the official date - 1920. With regard to the circumstances of death, the differences here were as great as in the west. Biographical information placed in the book "The Poetry of Russian Futurism", rather evasively said that N. Burliuk "participated in the Civil War on the side of whites, and probably died" (6). In the book "Russian Futurism. Theory. Practice. Criticism. Memoirs commentator argues that the path N. Burliuk cut short" War and early death in Shanghai's expatriates (7).
Below the published document obtained from the archives of the Security Service of Ukraine has to pay some clarity on this issue and put an end to all sorts of guesses.
The specific nature of the document, which is an indictment against ND Burliuk, low literacy levels of its originator, are struggling to cope not only with spelling and syntax, but even with the cases and elementary building phrases, all this makes to reproduce it verbatim without some grammatical corrections. Some additions to facilitate understanding of the text are given in angle brackets. Spelling of place names specified on Publications: List of inhabited places. SPb., 1868-1869. Vol. XLV1: Kharkov Province, Vol. XLVII: Kherson Province, Semenov, P. Geographic and statistical dictionary of the Russian Empire. T. 1-5. SPb., 1863.

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In the case of № 607/196, on charges BURLYUK Nicholas Davidovich in the service of whites.
I, the investigator Osobotdarma 6 Rogov, having considered the present case, found:
BURLYUK Nikolai Davidovich, 1931 (8), comes from the townspeople, Kharkiv province, Lebedinsky county, village Ryabushko (9), married, and most of his life lived in Kherson. Russian, Orthodox Christian, son of the former manager of one of the estates of Count Mordvinova in Tauris governor <Institute> (Black Valley), non-partisan, he has no property, the family consisting of wife, mother and child wife living in the village Verevchina (10) - Beam Kherson province. Until 1909 he studied at the gymnasium of the mountains. Kherson (11) from 1909 to 1914 in Petrograd University (12) where he was a student of Agro-Economic University, Moscow until 1916 and then was mobilized on the Rights of the volunteer and served in the electro-technical battalion and in 1917 July 15 Short School of Engineering warrant, and then sent to the Russian <Romanian?> - Front and 9 radio division, first acting Pom <oschnika> Head <exponentially> CA Training team, then he Head <exponentially> to the Field Radio and telegraph training school .
In early November 1917 edit <sic!> in Russia and brings his mother in Romania mountains. Votushany <Botosani?>, And in January, <19> 1918 due to the disarmament division of white volunteers in the art. Falcon Burliuk went to Chisinau in Radio Rumfronta and in the same January <19> 1918 enrolled in Kishinev Zemupravu, then leaves in Izmail county representative of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Moldavian Republic, in March <19> 1918 goes to the reserve Army and continues to serve in the Office of Agriculture until June <19> 18 years. After that goes through Odessa to live in the city of Kherson, where he added a black <-> workers of the plant Vadon, then assistant <m> timekeeper, and in early August, <19> 1918 leaving an estate Skadovsk (Bilozerka Kherson province.) Where serves as clerk and informally performed <duties> Assistant Manager and in November <19> 1918 on the announced mobilization of Hetman (13) is as an officer of the and sent to Odessa in the Radio Division, where the Hetman goes to Petlyura (14 ) and then to white in early December <19> 1918 then in April <19> 19 years left <and> is when the Red Army (15) through May <19> 1919 then prehodit to serve in the naval border guards, and in June <19> 1919 released as an agronomist and went to the mountains. Kherson then c <ate> Verevchino to relatives and from June to August <19> 1919 lives in the village, but then went to Alyosha (16) for podyskaniya service teachers so as not to fall into the rows of white and white is a declaration of mobilization as an officer in the service of ordinary pursued until September for their service in the Red Army and then sent to the front against Makhno in the Znamenka then Walk-field shows that the following series telephonist.
In December, under the onslaught of the Red Army retreating white Burliuk get away from white through Melitopol and Alyosha, and Kherson, and then on the bare-Pier and there hiding in the hospital fearing the military service protivorechuschey his belief, and so hiding until December <19> 1920 after which the counting that civil war is over he is a Commissioner for the registration as a former officer.
White was the first order as an officer because the documents were in their hands, and the law RSFSR and does not obey the orders and was not because they did not want to be like those and others, and went into hiding for a year.
Taking into account the testimony of the Burliuk, from whose clear: BURLYUK Nikolai Davidovich son managing large estates Mordvinova, schoolboy, student officer in 1917, serves as chief of training the team on the Rumanian front, and at the time when the gene <Eraly> Shcherbachov (17) intended to commit revolution is based in Yass <c s, Burliuk brings his mother in Romania, after which the same is attached in the Moldavian Republic, for unknown reasons, going back to Russia, where the first mobilization Getman is both an officer and by Getman Petlyura then goes to the white and the arrival of the Red Army remained in service for radio-telegraph division, then moves to the frontier guards, where under the guise of agranoma <sic!> <sic!> can be released and the first order white is where the officer continues to serve, and leash <sic > when otstuplenii white again and then get away in Kherson in the village, where for a year fails to comply with any order of the Workers 'and Peasants' power and hiding a year in the rear of the Red Army did not know what does that gives rise <attribute> Burliuk among the spies of Wrangel's army and others like him, and only <19> 1920 the month of December when liquidated Crimean front Burliuk starting a civil war finished, and hoping for the mercy of the Workers 'and Peasants' government after years of wandering is to ycheta, in addition to the day of his arrest when there are documents proving that the Burliuk only in December <19> 1920 began to identify its presence in the Council <Scoy> power and then he turns ogronomom <sic!> and is attached to the Soviet institutions, see ID Card <Uren> in case number 13063, 4282 and 1062 (18) taking in the testimony of the already Burliuk where much has been said for the fact that during the year when Burliuk hiding there were many orders of RSFSR and the Red Army that individuals have not registered and hiding is applied, capital punishment execution, bearing in mind that guilt Burliuk them has already been confirmed, wanting more clear RSFSR from persons suspected koi at any time to raise their arms MOGUT to suppress the power of workers and peasants as did the Burliuk the first mobilization of white appeared as an officer, and according to this
Would consider: BURLYUK Nicholas Davidovich, 31, shot.

Investigator: Rogov
Zavsledchastyu: I agree. Golub. December 25, 1920
Resolution 6 Nachosobotdela Army:
Approved by the Extraordinary triple osobotdela six army.
President: <Fast?>
Members: <Bryantsev> <nrzb.>
December 25, 1920

The reply from the Security Service of Ukraine in Sumy region on May 27, 1998:
Dear Andrey!
Send to your address on the copy of the criminal case number 8380. Also reports that the verdict against Burliuk Nicholas Davidovich executed on Dec. 27, 1920.
Unfortunately, in reality there are no photos Burliuk ND and other materials of literary and biographical, which would be of interest to you.
Head Office: <signature>

These are the details about the last years of life of Nicholas Burliuk, according to the archives of the SBU.
A curious detail. It turns out that David Burliuk, who lived in America all the time knew about the circumstances of his brother's death. In a letter to VF Markov on 24 February 1964, he carefully wrote that Nicholas "was eliminated in the margin" (19), in other words, acknowledged that his brother, the Bolsheviks shot for no reason, just in case. But he said this in a private letter only after two of Khrushchev's anti-Stalinist Congresses. The reasons for such secrecy are clear: asserting itself as the "father" of the first "Russian" and then "proletarian" Futurism Burliuk was forced to emphasize only those facts that fit into his desire for an ideological orientation toward the USSR. He forgave the Bolsheviks shot his brother, apparently, to write off all the "local excesses."

 


Notes

1. See: Russian Writers: 1800-1917. Biographical Dictionary. T. 1. M., 1989. S. 369-370.
2. Dreier K. Burliuk. N.-Y., 1944. P. 74.
3. Gray C. The great experiment: Russian art 1863-1922. London, 1962. P. 288
4. Color and rhyme. 1958. № 36. Third with. reg.
5. Color and rhyme. 1964. № 57. 1-I. reg.
6. Poetry of Russian Futurism. SPb., 1999. S. 271.
7. Russian Futurism: Theory. Practice. Criticism. Memories. M.. 1999. S. 449.
8. ND Burliuk was born April 22, 1890 (article style), in December 1920, he was 30 years 8 months.
9. According to birth certificates, N. Burliuk was born in the village Kotelva Akhtyrsky county Kharkov province, where at this time there lived a family Burliuks. Ryabushko - the birthplace of his father - tradesman Lebedinsky DF Burliuk. Later, D. Burliuk told that Ryabushko - the family nest Burliuks based "in the days of Napoleon's invasion" of his great-grandfather (Burliuk D. Fragments of memories futurist. Letters. Poetry. SPb, 1994.. S. 100, see also Color and rhyme. 1961/1962. № 48).
10. Verevchiny - village on the river Verevchine.
11. In Kherson gymnasium N. Burliuk entered 16 August 1901 and was trained on 10 June 1909, after finishing a full vosmiklassny course.
12. August 26, 1909 N. Burliuk was enrolled student of History and Philology of St. Petersburg University, September 15, 1909, on his own petition, was transferred to the Physics and Mathematics (Department of agronomic) October 6, 1911, on his own petition, translated into verbal Department of History and Philology, and already 20 October 1911 he moved back to the Physics and Mathematics (natural level), 12 February 1914 received a certificate of proslushanii exhaust the full course of Sciences in St. Petersburg University.
13. Hetman of Ukraine during the German occupation was Skoropadsky Pavel Petrovich (1873-1945), elected April 29, 1918 Following the withdrawal of German troops, 14 December 1918 was deposed and fled to Germany.
14. Simon V. Petljura (1879-1926) came to power in November 1918 after the withdrawal of German troops. Together with VK Vinnichenko headed Ukrainian Directory, chief chieftain troops of the Ukrainian National Republic, to February 10, 1919 - Chairman of the Directory.
15. Soviet power was established in Odessa, 17 (30) January 1918, from March to November 1918 the city was occupied by Austro-German troops, and from November 1918 to April 1919 - Anglo-French. From April to August 23, 1919 in Odessa temporarily Soviet power was established, liquidated as a result of the onset of the Volunteer Army.
16. Alyosha - the county town of Tavria province Dneprovskoe County.
17. Shcherbachov Dmitry Grigorievich (1857-1932) - General of Infantry. In April 1917 he was appointed chief of the Russian army on the Rumanian front. In December 1917, Romanian and South-Western Fronts were merged into Ukrainian Front, commanded by DG Shcherbachov, who took anti-Bolshevik position until January 1918 obeys the nyalsya Ukrainian Directory. In February 1918, concluded in Focsani armistice with Germany, and in March, has consented to the introduction of Romanian troops in Bessarabia.
18. Involved in the case included: license number 4282 Kherson cooperative raysoyuza that ND Burliuk is an instructor, issued Dec. 7, 1920; ID Kherson Uyezd land department number 13063 on December 17, 1920 that the N. Burliuk taken on the account in the Office Accounting Professional for Agriculture and Land Administration. What is the license number 1062, remained unclear.
19. Markov VF History of Russian Futurism. SPb., 2000. S. 357.

© AV Krusanov

 

This article was originally published in: Russian Studies: quarterly of Russian philology and culture. 2001. T. III. № 4. S. 178-183.

Source: http://avantgarde.narod.ru/beitraege/ff/ak_nburliuk.htm

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Allena, at OlegTsi mentions in his family Burliuk topic, it seems.

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Allena, a OlegTsi mentions in his family Burliuk

I made some corrections and described the family Burliuk in this topic.


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