Ivan-Georgiy Yuryevich Kerch (pseudonyms: Semtsya Gorkoust , Tanya Verkhovinka , Vanya Goremyka , Yur Popadyuk ; cryptonyms: KIV , GIK ) ( February 20, 1914 , Strabichevo , Austro-Hungarian monarchy - October 17, 1951 , Uzhgorod ) - writer, cultural and social -political figure.
| Kerch Ivan-George Yuryevich | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of Birth | February 20, 1914 | |
| Place of Birth | Strabichevo Austro-Hungarian Monarchy | |
| Date of death | October 17, 1951 (aged 37) | |
| Place of death | Uzhhorod city, Ukrainian SSR , the USSR | |
| Citizenship |  Russian empire  the USSR | |
| Occupation | Writer | |
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Biography
He studied at a public school with. Strabichev (1920-1924), the Russian real gymnasium of Mukachev (1924-1932), at the Faculty of Philosophy of Charles University in Prague (1932-1937).
He worked as an assistant at the Slavic Seminar at Charles University (1937-1939). He adhered to Russophile views, was the chairman of the Renaissance Society of Carpathian students (1935–1936), the deputy chairman of the Carpathian Orthodox Students Society “Break” (1936–1938), the secretary of the Central Union of Subcarpathian Students (1937–1938), and the deputy editor of the journal Our aspirations ”(1933-1935), member of the board of the“ Russian National Autonomous Party ”(1935-1937).
After the dismemberment of the Czechoslovakia, Kerch returned to his homeland (March 1939), worked as a literary editor of the newspapers Russky Vestnik (September 1939), Russkaya Pravda (September 1939-1940), Russian Word (1940-1944), and served in the Hungarian army (March-August 1943). He was the secretary of the Union of Ugro-Russian Writers (1940–1944), the press secretary of the Uzhgorod football club SK Rus (1941–1943), and the editor of publishing series: The Library of Modern Ugro-Russian Writers (1940–1943, 19 kn. .), “The Library of Ugro-Russian Writers-Wake-ups” (1941, 1 book), “The Ugro-Russian Cheap Library” (1941-1942, 4 book).
He supported the Soviet partisan formation of A. Tkanko (August-October 1944). After the Red Army arrived in Transcarpathia, Kerch took an active part in the establishment of Soviet power in the Territory, was a member of the Presidium of the Mukachevo City People's Committee (October-November 1944), the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Transcarpathian Ukraine (November 1944-January 1946), a delegate of the 1st Congress of People’s Committees (November 26, 1944), a member of the People’s Rada of Transcarpathian Ukraine (NRZU) (November 1944-January 1946), worked as the editor of the newspaper Zakarpatskaya Pravda (October-November 1944), authorized by the NRZU for Education (November 1944-January 1946 ), Head of Department scrap of Public Education (1946-1949), Deputy Chairman (1949-1951) of the Executive Committee of the Transcarpathian Regional Council.
He died on October 17, 1951 under mysterious circumstances, and was buried in the Calvaria cemetery.
Creativity
The literary work of Ivan-George Kerch dates back to the mid -1930s - mid -1940s . He wrote poetry and prose in Russian and partially (after 1944) in Ukrainian, the author of the collection of poems for children "Monists" (1941, 1942), works of intimate, philosophical and civil lyrics were published on the pages of periodicals and collective collections. Compiled by collective collections and almanacs: “The almanac of the society, K. S. Renaissance” (1936, et al.), “12” (1940), “Living Stream” (1940), “On the Eve” (1941), “There Will Be a Day” (1941 ), "WITH. K. Rus 1941-1942 ”(1942, et al.),“ Literary Almanac ”(1943). He published a number of popular science articles on the history of literature of Transcarpathia.
A significant part of the works of Kerch remained in the manuscripts, the writer's most extensive work is presented in the posthumous collection Before Dawn (1964, compiled by P. Lintur).