At the end of historical eras, events take place that cannot be given an unambiguous assessment. The Great October Socialist Revolution of 1917 radically changed the way of life of millions of our fellow citizens. Witnesses and participants in these events, each in their own way, willingly shared their impressions of what they saw and experienced. Among other authors, the name of the writer Leonid Panteleev is listed.
Without a native corner
When a child is left without a family or finds himself in an incomplete cell of society, we can safely assume that his life will be hard. The man, the writer, who is known to the enlightened public under the name Leonid Panteleev, was born in 1908. The metric records - Alexey Ivanovich Eremeev, a resident of St. Petersburg. A pseudonym for a writer or poet is a common thing. The boy's father is a hereditary Cossack. He took part and distinguished himself in the Russo-Japanese War. Mother - from a merchant family of Old Believers. She graduated from the music school, piano class.
It is important to note that the boy learned the alphabet early and began to read. Long-term practice shows that whoever reads a lot begins to compose. When Alexei turned eight, it was time to get a real education. The boy was enrolled in a real school. It is quite possible that the biography of the future writer would have developed differently, but a revolution broke out in the capital. Armored cars, sailors, rallies and processions drew Lesha into the street. My father left on business a year ago and did not return. The mother pulled the family with all her might and worked hard so that the children would not starve.
When food shortages began in St. Petersburg, the Eremeevs moved to the Yaroslavl province to stay with their relatives. But even there, the way of life that has developed over many generations is scattered and no one is happy with unnecessary mouths. After a while, the residents of St. Petersburg moved to the small town of Menzelinsk, where their mothers were promised a job. In all these crossings and scrapes, Alexei is left to himself. He quickly understood how the street and the criminal world lived. To somehow satisfy their hunger, they had to steal in small things, and sometimes on a large scale.
Citizen of the Republic
Not to say that Alexei was attracted by the false romance of a thief's life. He tried to trade in the market, but his career as a reseller did not work out. During the period when he had to live far from his hometown, the boy was often sick. A typhus epidemic raged throughout the country. The mother went to St. Petersburg "on exploration", and the little boy immediately quarreled with his aunt, with whom he lived. I had to voluntarily go to an orphanage. But life here turned out to be even more unbearable. And then the pupil Eremeev decides to return to the city on the Neva on his own.
A short time after arriving at home, the teenager enters a special school for street children. Here, having already learned the laws of the criminal environment, aggressive and intelligent, Alexei gets the nickname "Lenka Panteleev". There was such a bandit in the city about whom fables were made up. Within the walls of the special school, the young man again revived his love for writing, for studying literature. It was on this basis that he became friends with Grigory Belykh. Their creative union culminated in the release of several books. The most famous work is "The Republic of SHKID". A film of the same name was filmed based on this story.
During the war, the writer Leonid Panteleev lived for almost a year in besieged Leningrad. Thanks to the help of Alexander Fadeev, he is taken to the "mainland". After the victory he returns home. Works a lot. His works are eagerly published and published in magazines. Personal life is also improving. The writer marries Eliko Kashia. A husband and wife from the same workshop are engaged in literature. Leonid Panteleev died in 1987.
