The history of the Russian state is written not only on paper. Significant events remain in memory and are shaped into granite images. Varlam Shalamov's works can be found in libraries. In his works, he expressed his attitude to a certain historical segment.
short biography
Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov was born on June 18, 1907 in the family of a priest. The parents of the future writer lived at that time in the city of Vologda. For several years my father was engaged in missionary work, bringing the basics of the Orthodox faith to the natives living in the Aleutian Islands. Mother - an ordinary Russian woman - kept house, looked after her husband and children. The child grew up in an atmosphere of love and severity. He was taught from an early age to work and respect for his elders.
In the neighborhood of the house where the Shalamovs lived, lodged "fighters for the freedom of the working class" who were serving their term of exile in Vologda. As a teenager, Varlusha often communicated with these people. When the boy turned seven years old, he was assigned to receive an education at a local gymnasium. He takes an interest in history and literature. He himself tries to compose poetry, observing how people live in the bosom of the harsh northern nature. Creativity captivates the young man and latently outlines the orbit of fate for him.
Stages and terms
In the mid-1920s, Varlam Shalamov, after graduating from the Vologda school, like many young people, went to Moscow to build his life. At first, he found a job in an artel for leather dressing. In 1926 he entered the Moscow State University, the department of Soviet law. Simultaneously with work and study, he attended various circles and sections of literary creativity. The biography of an aspiring poet could have developed in a completely different way. However, Shalamov, as they say, embarked on the warpath with the current government.
The first time Varlam Tikhonovich was arrested in 1929 for participating in the distribution of the "Testament of Lenin" unknown to the masses. At that moment, a campaign was carried out throughout the country to neutralize the "famous lamp of the revolution" Leon Trotsky. The active Trotskyist Shalamov received a sparing term of three years. As the subsequent course of events showed, frightening methods did not work on his worldview. Varlam freed himself and returned to Moscow to his comrades-in-arms in the struggle.
Sketch of personal life
Varlam Shalamov's literary career was formed from one imprisonment to another. In total, he was tried three times and each time he was pronounced to the real terms. Despite numerous difficulties, the writer watched the events and wrote down everything he could. According to the current regulations, the author faced severe punishment for such notes. The writer spent many years in the Kolyma camps. He was finally able to return to his native ashes only in 1956.
It is clear that Shalamov's personal life could not have developed happily. The writer was married twice. In the first marriage, the husband and wife did not live long - some four years. They had a daughter in 1935, and in 1939 Varlam Tikhonovich was imprisoned a second time. The writer lived with his second wife for almost ten years, but the marriage broke up. Shalamov died in January 1982.
