Rybakov, Nikolai Fedorovich

Born in the village of Berezniki (Pertanur) of the Volga region of the Republic of Mari El in a peasant family.

In 1948 he graduated from Pomar High School.

In 1952 he graduated from the Yoshkar-Ola School of Music and Theater named after I. S. Klyuchnikov-Palantai, specializing in artist.

From 1952 to 1957 he studied at the theater department of the Leningrad State Theater Institute. A. Ostrovsky , majoring in theater studies.

During his studies, Nikolai Fedorovich also worked as a freelance correspondent for Leningrad Truth .

He worked as an artist of the mimic ensemble of the Leningrad Academic Small Opera House .

He died on February 18, 2004 in Yoshkar-Ola. He was buried at Turunovsky cemetery.

Career

• 1957-1968 - Director, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Radio and Television under the Council of Ministers of the Mari ASSR .
• 1962-1966 - Minister of Culture of the MASSR .
• 1962-1966 - Member of the Soviet Committee of Solidarity with the Countries of Asia and Africa.
• 1962-2004 - Chief Editor of the magazine " Pachemysh ."
• 1963-1990 - Member of the Supreme Council of the Mari ASSR of five convocations.
• 1968 - Chairman of the State Committee of the MASSR for Broadcasting and Television.
• 1972-1986 - Chairman of the Board of the Mari branch of the Society of Soviet-Hungarian Friendship.
• 1972-1988 - Member of the Central Council of the Union of Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries.
• 1983-2004 - Chairman of the Board of the Writers' Union of the Mari ASSR.
• 1985-1990 - Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Mari ASSR.
• 1987-1991 - Secretary of the Board of the Union of Writers of the RSFSR .
• 1989-1992 - Chairman of the Board of the Mari El-Finland Society.
• 1991-1996 - State Secretary of the Republic of Mari El .

Creativity

Miklai Rybakov began his literary work with the writing of satirical scenes and humorous stories. In 1955, in the magazine “ Onchyko ”, the story “ Kuzymy piry pashtynam ” (“How I killed a wolf”) was published. Humorous works were published in the collection " Mick-Mek " was released in 1959. Dramatic activity began in the 1960s. In 1960, on the stage of the Mari Drama Theater. M. Shketan was staged a play based on his play Kok Erge (Two Sons), which describes collective farm life. His subsequent plays were devoted to modernity. The premieres of the performances based on the plays Toshto tang (An Old Friend), Tomasha (Vanity), Keremet in Korea , (At the Devil's Gully) and others. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, M. Rybakov brought great success to his dramatic trilogy “ Saltak vate ” (“Soldier”), “ Kinde ” (“Bread”), “ Onton ”, which tells about the life of the Mari village in the military and post-war years. For forty-odd years of creative activity, Miklai Rybakov has written more than twenty plays. All of them successfully walked on the stage of the theater. M. Shketan: “Apple tree at the ravine”, “Old friend”, “Morkinsky tunes”, “Trouble” and many others. The most significant work of Nikolai Fedorovich is the dramatic trilogy “The Soldier”, “Bread”, “Onton”. For this trilogy, he was awarded the prize of the Mari Komsomol named after Olyk Ipay . He has published more than ten one-act plays. He is also widely known as a prose writer - collections of his stories are a bibliographic rarity. For children, fairy tales “The Magic Gusli”, “The Sword of Onar” were written. His works are published in Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, Chuvash, Finnish, Hungarian, Kyrgyz languages. The artistic essay “Mari Land” (“Map RuMup”) was published as a separate book in Hungary in 1973.

Literary works

1. “Mik-Mek: Myskara Oilymash Den Wlak Scene” (Mik Mek, comic stories and sketches). Yoshkar-Ola, 1959.64 p.
2. “Achamyn yöratime muryzho: oilymash-vlak” (Father’s favorite song, short stories). Yoshkar-Ola, 1968.120 s.
3. “Magic kÿle: yocha-vlaklan 3 kydezhan yomak-play” (Magic gusli, plays for children). Yoshkar-Ola, 1969.36 p.
4. “Kinde: a play-vlak” (Bread, plays). Yoshkar-Ola, 1973.212 p.
5. “Chodyra my: a play-vlak” (Forest tale, plays). Yoshkar-Ola, 1982. 268 p.
6. “Tomasha: comedies” // Onchyko. 1985. No. 5. P. 8–41.
7. “Hungarian Rhapsody” (Hungarian Rhapsody, Drama) // Kugu Tolkyn: Mari Dramaturgiyyn Anthology. Yoshkar-Ola, 1987.S. 291-348.
8. “Yandiar den Shymaviy: Kum Yomak-play” (Yandiar and Shymaviy, plays-tales). Yoshkar-Ola, 1990.160 p.
9. “Oza vate: a play-vlak” (Mistress, plays). Yoshkar-Ola, 1992.352 s.
10. “Chumyren Lukmo Oypogo: Kum Tom Dene Savyktaltes” (Collected Works in 3 vols.). Yoshkar-Ola, 2008.

Theatrical performances

1. “Kok erge” (Two sons, comedy, Mari Theater, 1960).
2. “Keremet by the Core of Wocten” (At the damn ravine, drama, Mari Theater, 1962).
3. “Toshto tang” (Old friend, drama, Mari Theater, 1965).
4. “Saltak vate” (Soldier, drama, Mari Theater, 1969).
5. Kinde (Bread, drama, Mari Theater, 1970).
6. “The Magic Gusli” (fairy tale, Russian Theater, 1971).
7. Onton (drama, Mari Theater, 1972).
8. “Morko Sem” (Morkinsky tunes, drama, Mari Theater, 1975, 1995).
9. Shaira Maira (Maira from Shaira, comedy, (Mari Theater, 1977).
10. Chodyra Moy (Wild Honey, Drama, Mari Theater, 1980).
11. “Hungarian Rhapsody” (Hungarian Rhapsody, Drama, Mari Theater, 1934).
12. “The Legend of the Forest Land” (Russian Theater, 1984).
13. “Tomasha” (Planner, comedy, Mari Theater, 1985).
14. “Oza Vate” (Mistress, drama, Mari Theater, 1986).
15. Ergymlan Kuzyk (Dowry for son, drama, Mari Theater, 1988; Mari Theater for Young Spectators, 1992).
16. “Onaryn Kerdyzhe” (Onar's Sword, fairy tale, Mari Theater, 1989).
17. “Mokmyr” (Hangover, phantasmagoria, Mari Theater, 1990).
18. “Yandarden Shymaviy” (fairy tale, Mari Theater for Young Spectators, 1992).
19. “Yuzo kÿle” (Magic Gusli, a fairy tale, Mari Theater for Young Spectators, 1996).
20. “Oxa Sack” (Bag of money, comedy, Mari Theater for Young Spectators, 1997).

Rewards

• 1970 - Honored Art Worker of the Mari ASSR.
• 1975 - Laureate of the State Prize of the Mari ASSR.
• 1980 - Honored Worker of Culture of the RSFSR.
• 1980 - Laureate of the Mari Komsomol Prize named after Olyka Ipai .
• 1984 - awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor.
• 1996 - People's writer Mari El.

• A.M. Aleksandrov, G.E. Bespalova, K.K. Vasin . M. Rybakov // Writers of the Mari ASSR: a bio-bibliographic reference book. - Yoshkar-Ola : Mari Book Publishing House , 1976. - S. 245-247. - 368 p. - 5,000 copies.
• G.E. Bespalova, K.K. Vasin , G.Z. Zainiev. Miklai Rybakov // Writers of the Mari ASSR: a bio-bibliographic reference book / Ed. A.V. Selin. - Yoshkar-Ola : Mari Book Publishing House , 1988. - S. 241-245. - 376 p. - 5,000 copies.
• Rybakov Nikolay Fedorovich (Miklai Rybakov) // Who is who in Mari El / Comp. V.A. Mochaev. - Yoshkar-Ola : Mari Biographical Center, 2002. - S. 449-450. - 704 s. - 2000 copies. - ISBN 5-87898-197-1 .
• Rybakov Nikolay Fedorovich (Miklai Rybakov) // Mari Biographical Encyclopedia / Auth. V.A. Mochaev. - Yoshkar-Ola : Mari Biographical Center, 2007 .-- S. 308. - 486 p. - 2032 copies. - ISBN 5-87898-357-0 .
• Miklai Rybakov // Mari El Writers: Bibliographic Reference / Comp. A. Vasinkin, V. Abukaev et al. - Yoshkar-Ola : Mari Book Publishing House , 2008. - P. 531-535. - 752 s. - 3000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-7590-0966-5 .
• Rybakov Nikolai Fedorovich (Miklai Rybakov) // Encyclopedia of the Republic of Mari El / Ed. ed. N. I. Saraeva. - Yoshkar-Ola, 2009 .-- S. 686. - 872 p. - 3505 copies. - ISBN 978-5-94950-049-1 .

• Rybakov Nikolay Fedorovich (Miklai Rybakov)