Mykola Zerov

Despite Communist demands that all creative works conform to Socialist Realism, the neoclassical movement stressed the production of 'high art' for an educated and highly literate audience.Zerov, particularly, eschewed contemporary politics in his poetry, focusing on aesthetic and historical classical themes under a tight and difficult poetical structure.This approach eventually proved fatal, as Zerov, along with many other Ukrainian writers of the period, was accused of anti-Soviet activities[4] and later sent to Solovki prison camp (he was arrested by the NKVD in April 1935 and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment).A special NKVD troika of the Leningrad Region sentenced him to death on 9 October 1937.[2] Streets were named after Zerov in Dnipro, Lviv, Vinnytsia, Rivne, Novomyrhorod.
Ukrainianliterary scholarExecuted RenaissancephilologySaint Vladimir University in KyivKyiv Institute of People's EducationUkraineSocialist RealismneoclassicalSolovki prison campNKVD troikaSandarmokhKareliaDniproVinnytsiaNovomyrhorodNikolai OstrovskyUkrainian decommunization lawsAustralian National UniversityMonash UniversityInterfax-Ukraine