Aleksandr Drakokhrust
Aleksandr Abramovich Drakokhrust (Алекса́ндр Абра́мович Дракохру́ст; November 11, 1923 – November 14, 2008) was a Russian language poet, journalist and translator from the Soviet Union. Drakokhrust was born in Moscow, into the Jewish family of Rachel Karachunskaya and Abram Drakokhrust, a soldier. Although he was a young able-bodied conscript, he was not allowed to serve in arms, being a family member of a "traitor to the motherland"; his father was repressed in 1937, accused of being a Trotskyite, and shot.
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Aleksandr Drakokhrust
- Born
- 1923 · Moscow.
- Died
- 2008 · Minsk.
- Nationality
- Belarus · Soviet Union
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- translator · poet · writer · journalist
- Education
- Far East State Humanitarian University
- Honours
- Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class · Order of the Patriotic War and 2nd class · Order of the Red Star · Medal For Courage
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Aleksandr Abramovich Drakokhrust (Алекса́ндр Абра́мович Дракохру́ст; November 11, 1923 – November 14, 2008) was a Russian language poet, journalist and translator from the Soviet Union. Drakokhrust was born in Moscow, into the Jewish family of Rachel Karachunskaya and Abram Drakokhrust, a soldier. Although he was a young able-bodied conscript, he was not allowed to serve in arms, being a family member of a "traitor to the motherland"; his father was repressed in 1937, accused of being a Trotskyite, and shot.
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His mother served nine years in the Karlag gulag labor camp for the same reason. For his service, he was awarded two Orders of the Patriotic War, two Orders of the Red Star and a number of medals. In 1945, he graduated from the Moscow Mititary Engineering School. From 1946 he became a military correspondent, first in Germany, later in the Russian Far East, and finally in Belarus. In 1962, he graduated from Khabarovsk Pedagogical Institute. He published his first poem in 1939, in an Odessa newspaper Molodaya Gvardiya. His first book of poems was published in 1951 in Vladivostok. During 1950-1990 he published 16 books of poems. He also translated a number of Belarusian poets into the Russian language.
Aleksandr Drakokhrust is recorded with the occupation journalist. Recorded as translator, poet, writer and journalist. Connected to 2 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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1923
Aleksandr Drakokhrust was born on 7 November 1923.
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Aleksandr Drakokhrust died on 14 November 2008.
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