Roman Borisovich Gul (russian: Роман Борисович Гуль; 13 August 1896 in

Penza Penza ( rus, Пе́нза, p=ˈpʲɛnzə) is the largest city and administrative center of Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located on the Sura River, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 Census, Penza had a population of 517,311, making it the 38th-l ...

– 30 June 1986 in

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) was a Russian émigré writer, his political position was leftist-liberal, he was critical towards the conservative, tsarist White Movement.

Biography

Gul was born into the family of a notary and spent his childhood in

and on his family estate of Ramsay near Penza. He completed the 1st Penza Gymnasium (grammar school) and went to study at the Law Faculty of the Moscow State University in 1914. Gul was conscripted into the Imperial Russian Army in 1916 and served with the infantry on the South Western Front becoming a company commander in the 417th Kinburn Regiment. In 1917, after the

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, Gul joined the Kornilov Shock regiment of the White

Volunteer Army The Volunteer Army (russian: Добровольческая армия, translit=Dobrovolcheskaya armiya, abbreviated to russian: Добрармия, translit=Dobrarmiya) was a White Army active in South Russia during the Russian Civil War from ...

. He participated in the

Ice March The Ice March (Russian: Ледяной походъ), also called the First Kuban Campaign (Russian: Первый кубанскій походъ), a military withdrawal lasting from February to May 1918, was one of the defining moments in the ...

and was wounded. He was captured by the Ukrainian Army and imprisoned in late 1918. In 1919 he was transferred to Germany and settled in Berlin in 1920 becoming a writer. In the 1920s Gul wrote for the Berlin-based newspaper Nakanunye (Накануне), and acted as a correspondent for several Soviet newspapers. He also worked on the magazines ''Life'' (Жизнь), ''Time'' (Время), ''The Russian Emigrant'' (Русский эмигрант) and ''Voice of Russia'' (Голос России). After the Nazis came to power in 1933, Gul was arrested and put into the

Oranienburg concentration camp Oranienburg was an early Nazi concentration camp, one of the first detention facilities established by the Nazis in the state of Prussia when they gained power in 1933. It held the political opponents of Nazi Party from the Berlin region, mos ...

near Berlin, but was freed after six months and emigrated to Paris. In France, he wrote for the liberal émigré newspaper Posledniye Novosti (Последние новости) and the magazines Illustrirovannaya Rossiya (Иллюстрированнaя Россия), Sovremennye zapiski (Современныe записки). During the Nazi occupation of France Gul went into hiding and avoided arrest working on a farm in southern France and in a glass factory. Gul emigrated to the United States in 1950 and worked for the émigré literature magazine Novy Zhurnal becoming chief editor in 1966. Gul died of a lung infection in 1986 and is buried in

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Cemetery in

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Works

In Russian Language * Белые по Чёрному: Очерки гражданской войны. - White on Black: Essays on the Civil War. Book * Ледяной поход (1921) - Ice March (1921) * В рассеяньи сущие: Повесть из жизни эмиграции 1920—1921. (1923) роман, который политически нейтрально трактует тему возвращения в послереволюционную Россию - The utter scattering: The story of the life of emigration 1920-1921. (1923) novel, which is politically neutral treats the subject returned to post-revolutionary Russia * Генерал БО. �зеф(1929) Роман о Савинкове; перерабатывался несколько раз, в последний раз в 1974 General BO. zef(1929) A novel about Savinkov; Reworked several times, most recently in 1974 * Георгий Иванов. Статья - Georgi Ivanov. Article * Дзержинский, Менжинский, Петерс, Лацис, Ягода. (1936) - Dzerzhinsky,

Menzhinsky Vyacheslav Rudolfovich Menzhinsky (russian: Вячесла́в Рудо́льфович Менжи́нский, pl, Wiesław Mężyński; 19 August 1874 – 10 May 1934) was a Polish-Russian Bolshevik revolutionary, Soviet statesman and Communist ...

Peter Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ...

s, Lacis, and

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. (1936) Book * Жизнь на Фукса: Очерки белой эмиграции. (1927) - Life on the Fuchs: Essays on the White emigration. (1927) * Конь рыжий. (1952) автобиографическое повествование от начала революции и до прибытия в Париж - A Red Horse. (1952) autobiographical account from the beginning of the revolution and before the arrival in Paris * Красные маршалы: Ворошилов, Буденный, Блюхер, Котовский. (1933) Книга - Red marshals: Voroshilov,

Budyonny Semyon Mikhailovich Budyonnyy ( rus, Семён Миха́йлович Будённый, Semyon Mikháylovich Budyonnyy, p=sʲɪˈmʲɵn mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ bʊˈdʲɵnːɨj, a=ru-Simeon Budyonniy.ogg; – 26 October 1973) was a Russian c ...

, Blucher,

Kotovsky Grigory Ivanovich Kotovsky (russian: Григо́рий Ива́нович Кото́вский, ro, Grigore Kotovski; – August 6, 1925) was a Soviet military and political activist, and participant in the Russian Civil War. He made a career ...

. (1933) Book * Ледяной поход (С Корниловым). (1921) Мемуары - Th Ice March (with

Kornilov Kornilov (russian: Корни́лов) and Kornilova (feminine; ) is a common Russian surname derived from the baptismal name Kornil ( la, Cornelius). Notable people with this surname include: * Aleksandr Kornilov (1862–1925), Russian histor ...

). (1921) Memoirs * Моя биография. My biography * Одвуконь: Советская и эмигрантская литература. (1973) Сборник - Odvukon: Soviet and emigre literature. (1973) Collection * Одвуконь-2: Статьи. (1982) Сборник - Odvukon-2: Articles. (1982) Collection * Ораниенбург: Что я видел в гитлеровском концентрационном лагере. (1937) - Oranienburg: What I saw in a Nazi concentration camp. (1937) * Победа Пастернака. (1958) Статья - Victory for

Pasternak Pasternak or Pasternack (Cyrillic: Пастернак, ) means parsnip, ''Pastinaca sativa'', in Polish, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, and Yiddish. Notable people with the last name "Pasternak" include: * Anne Pasternak (born 1964), A ...

. (1958) Article * Скиф. (1931) Роман о Бакунине; в 1958 переработан и издан под названием «Скиф в Европе» Skiff. (1931) A novel about

Bakunin Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin (; 1814–1876) was a Russian revolutionary anarchist, socialist and founder of collectivist anarchism. He is considered among the most influential figures of anarchism and a major founder of the revolutiona ...

; In 1958, revised and published under the title "Skiff in Europe" * Тухачевский: Красный маршал. (1932) Книга

Tukhachevsky Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky ( rus, Михаил Николаевич Тухачевский, Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevskiy, p=tʊxɐˈtɕefskʲɪj; – 12 June 1937) nicknamed the Red Napoleon by foreign newspapers, was a Sovie ...

: Red marshal. (1932) Book * Я унёс Россию: Апология эмиграции. Т. 1-3. (1981—1989) I took Russia: Apology emigration. 1-3. (1981-1989)

References

* This article was translated from Russian Wikipedia

Links

Short biography in Russian languageArchive from Amherst College His selected books
electronically available at

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(Russian)

External links

* * Roman Gul Papers. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gul, Roman 1896 births 1986 deaths People from Penza People of the Russian Civil War Russian male novelists Russian military personnel of World War I White movement people White Russian emigrants to the United States Russian anti-communists Burials at Novo-Diveevo Russian Cemetery 20th-century novelists