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Kārlis Ozols-Priednieks (aka Karl Ozol-Prednek, 3 March 1896, Līvbērze–7 July 1943) was a Latvian poet active in
Kārlis Ozols-Priednieks (aka Karl Ozol-Prednek, 3 March 1896, Līvbērze–7 July 1943) was a Latvian poet active in Proletkult
Proletkult ( rus, Пролетку́льт, p=prəlʲɪtˈkulʲt), a portmanteau of the Russian words "proletarskaya kultura" ( proletarian culture), was an experimental Soviet artistic institution that arose in conjunction with the Russian Revol ...
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He held a prominent position both in the Proletkult organisation in Petrograd
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601, ...
, as well as in the national organisation. In 1918 he advocated that Proletkult membership should be restricted to members of the Russian Communist Party.
He was executed by the Soviet state
The Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was the executive and administrative organ of the highest body of state authority, the All-Union Supreme Soviet. It was formed on 30 December 1922 and abolished on 26 December 199 ...
on 2 February 1938.
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