Kasym Shakirzhanov

Kasym Shakirzhanov

June 15, 1902 – June 15, 1920
Countries: Russia, Russian Empire
Place of Birth: Orenburg, Russian Empire
Place of Death: Ufa, Bashkortostan, RSFSR
Categories: Poetry

Was born on June 15, 1902.
At the age of 15, studying at the madrasah "Galiya" in Ufa, he published an article in the newspaper "Alga" ("Forward") against the bloody war, which will go down in history as the First World War. At the age of 15 he became one of the active members of the Ufa Bolshevik organization, often spoke at rallies and meetings, wrote poems and journalistic works, publishing them in various newspapers. At the age of 17, he took part in the battles against Kolchak near Belebey and Buguruslan and edited the newspaper of the fifth army "Red Star". The editorial office was then in Orenburg. Here Shamun Fidayi gets close then with Shaikhzada Babich, Daut Yultyi, Afzal Tagirov, with beginning poet Musa Dzhalil. In 1920 he was invited to Ufa and appointed an editor of two Komsomol newspapers at once - "Йэш коммунист" ("Young communist") and "Йэш кос" ("Young force"). In his poems, he praises the heroic fighters for the happiness of the working people, draws its bright future.
He died on June 15, 1920. At the time of his death, he was only 18 years old.

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