Nikolay Breshko-Breshkovsky

Nikolay Breshko-Breshkovsky (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Бре́шко-Брешко́вский, also transcribed as Nikolaĭ Brechko-Brechkovskiĭ etc.; 20 [O.S. 8] February 1874, Saint Petersburg — 23/24 August 1943, Berlin) was a Russian writer, a son of the renowned revolutionary Catherine Breshkovsky.

Nikolay Breshko-Breshkovsky
BornНиколай Николаевич Брешко-Брешковский
20 February 1874
Saint Petersburg
Died23/24 August 1943
Berlin
Pen nameМата д’Ор, Старый петербуржец, Василий Верига, Николай Белый, Фраскуэлло, etc.
LanguageRussian, French
Citizenship Russia France
Period1900–?
Genrenovelist
RelativesCatherine Breshkovsky (mother)

Due to the mother's revolutionary activity Nikolay was raised by relatives. Became a known writer in early 20th century. In 1920, after the Russian Revolution (1917), he emigrated to Warsaw, Poland, but was expelled in 1927 because of conflict with the Sanacja régime. He became a French citizen. During World War II, he collaborated with the Nazi Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda.


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