Brief biography of Surkov

Yaroslavl - Gg. Alexey Surkov - from a peasant family. Born in the village of Serednevo Rybinsky district. He studied at school there. The family was poor, and at the age of 12 he goes to work "in people" in St. Petersburg, the capital of the state of that time. During the years of the revolution and the Civil War, Surkov Alexei Alexandrovich fought in the Red Army against the White Guards.

After the victory of the Bolsheviks, he returns to his native village, where he conducts active work. It becomes a Komsomol member, and in the year enters the party. In the same years, the poet edits one of the first newspapers in Yaroslavl, which was called the Northern Komsomolets. Soon it becomes its editor -in -chief. In the year, he becomes a delegate of the All -Union Congress of Proletarian Writers.

In gg. Alexey Alexandrovich is studying at the Literary Department of the Institute of Red Professors, then defends the dissertation. It becomes a teacher at the Literary Institute. As the deputy editor of Literary Study magazine, he works under the direct leadership of Maxim Gorky. The glory of the poet is not long in coming. Back in the year, Surkov releases his first collection of poems, which was called "Save." In this and his subsequent collections, he glorifies courageous fighters for a bright future, writes about military feat and valor.

In those years, the most popular works were the verses “Konarmey Song”, “The Last War”, “So we grew up”. Surkov conducts active social activities, takes part in the Soviet-Finnish war. In the prewar years, he marries the young Sofya Antonovna Svs is also a writer. A daughter and son were born in marriage. The war found the poet at the front. In the post of front -line correspondent, Surkov Alexei Alexandrovich visited most battles of the Great Patriotic War.

He wrote not only notes in the newspapers, but also the verses that helped Soviet fighters experience difficult days. Warrior at the halt. Photo by P. July according to the memoirs of his friends, Surkov was a very courageous person. During the war years, the poet published many beautiful verses. And these were his most famous works: “Song of the defenders of Moscow”, “Not a step back”, “Song of the brave”, “Poems about hatred”.

But Surkov Alexei Alexandrovich remained in the memory of our people as the author of one poem, who won the heart and front -line soldiers and all the inhabitants of our country. This is "in the dugout" or "dugout". The poem was written by the author on terrible days and nights of Moscow’s defense in the year, when enemies could see the tower and dome of the Kremlin from their binoculars.

There were a huge number of wounded and dead, death awaited the fighters everywhere, therefore, there was a phrase in the poem that there were only 4 steps to death. However, this poem is not about death, but about life. Love for a woman’s woman, wife, her loved ones, hope for a meeting is the main meaning of the song. It was faith in a future peaceful life that helped to live and fight at the front.

The poem is the poet and sent his wife, who is in evacuation with his daughter, in a simple soldier's envelope-triangory. This poem became as popular as the verses of a friend of the Surkov poet K. Simonov, who wrote from the front to his wife Valentina Serova the famous lines “Wait for me, he wrote a collection of poems about victory. After the war, the poet continued his literary activity as the editor of the magazine "Spark" and many other publications.

He taught at the Literary Institute, published verses of Russian and Soviet poets. The work of Surkov Alexei Alexandrovich is about 20 poetic collections, a huge number of literary and critical articles. He was awarded the title of Hero of Socialist Labor. The poet died, reaching the flying. He was buried in the Novodevichy cemetery. Alexei Surkov is an honorary citizen of Rybinsk by the name A.

Awarded the four orders of Lenin,,, the Order of the Red Banner, two orders of the Red Star, the Order of the Badge of Honor, medals, a foreign award - the Order of Cyril and Methodius. Twice laureate of the Stalin Prize, International Bothev Prize