Andrey Mryy

Andrei Antonovich Shashalevich (known under the pseudonym Andrei Mriy , Belorussian. Andreei Antonavich Shashalevich ; September 13, 1893 , the village of Paluzh, Mogilev province of the Russian Empire (now the Krasnopolsky district of the Mogilev region ) - October 8, 1943 , Murmansk region , the RSFSR , USSR ) - Belarusian writer, journalist and translator.

Andrey Antonovich Shashalevich
Andrei Antonavich Shashalevich
Aliases	Andrey Mryy
Date of Birth	September 13, 1893 ( 1893-09-13 )
Place of Birth	or
Date of death	October 8, 1943 ( 1943-10-08 ) (50 years old)
Place of death	Murmansk region , RSFSR , USSR
Citizenship	the USSR
Occupation	prose writer , journalist , translator
Language of Works	Belorussian
Debut	1924

Born in the family of the volost clerk. The brother of the playwright Vasily Shashalevich . In 1914 he graduated from the Mogilev Theological Seminary, continued his studies at the Kiev Theological Academy. In 1916 he was mobilized in the school of ensigns, served in the 94th regiment. Since 1918 - in the Red Army, company commander. Since 1921 he worked as a teacher of history and the French language in Krasnopol. The creator of the local theater, the publisher of the manuscript journal Praleska . He was also engaged in the collection of ethnographic material. Has been published since 1924 in the newspapers Savetskaya Belarus , Golas Belarusa , Uzvyshsha ^[1] and Chirvony Seybit (Red Sower). Since 1926 - in Minsk . He worked in the magazine Our Land and the Central Bureau of Local History of the BSSR, and in 1933 he became the style editor of the central newspaper Zvyazda .

In 1929 he published his most famous work - the satirical novel Notes of Samson Samosuya. “Notes” were written on behalf of the head of the cultural department of the district executive committee Samson Samosuy, whose lack of competence is compensated by the extraordinary activity in the field of cultural organization. Samosui organizes absurd cultural events, trying to “raise the level of culture” in the region as soon as possible, while at the same time trying to improve its personal life at all costs. At the end of the novel, after the discovery of “troglodytes” in the village and the scandalous theatrical production of the incompetent Samosuy, they raise and transfer them to the district cultural department. Soviet criticism branded "Notes" as "an evil libel on Soviet reality." The full novel was published only in 1988 , and shortly afterwards was filmed.

On February 21, 1934 he was arrested in Minsk in the case of Krasnopolsky teachers. On March 26, 1934, he was convicted as “a member of the anti-Soviet counter-revolutionary organization” and on suspicion of espionage. Was in exile in Karaganda , Vologda , Murmansk . In Murmansk, he worked as a literature teacher in a secondary school. On June 2, 1940 he was again arrested and soon sent to the Ust-Vymsky camp of the Komi ASSR . From the camp he wrote several letters to I. Stalin, to which, however, did not receive an answer. On March 1, 1943, the medical commission declared him disabled and died on October 8 (according to some reports, he was released on September 23 ). Rehabilitated on January 15, 1957 .