Ivan Kuratov

Ivan Alekseevich Kuratov (; Komi: Куратов Ӧльӧш Вань, ''Kuratov Öl’ös Van’'', in Kibra village, current Kuratovo village,

Komi Republic The Komi Republic (russian: Республика Коми; kv, Коми Республика), sometimes simply referred to as Komi, is a republic of Russia located in Eastern Europe. Its capital is the city of Syktyvkar. The population of the ...

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) was a Komi

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, seen as renovator of Komi literature. Kuratov began writing verses at age 13, while studying in a

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, and was engaged in poetry until his death. The most fruitful period of his life were the years spent in the town of

Ust-Sysolsk Syktyvkar (, rus, Сыктывка́р, p=sɨktɨfˈkar; kv, Сыктывкар) is the capital city of the Komi Republic in Russia, as well as its largest city. It is also the capital of the Syktyvkar Urban Okrug. Until 1930, it was known as U ...

, where Kuratov settled after unsuccessful attempt to continue his education in Moscow. Here he taught country children, worked on linguistics and wrote poetry. During his lifetime Ivan Kuratov published only five poems, under a pseudonym. He is the subject of

Serge Noskov Serge Noskov (born 1956 in Syktyvkar, Komi Republic, Soviet Union) is a composer. In 1986 he graduated from Gorky (now Nizhny Novgorod) State Conservatoire as a composer, as well as a music theory and history teacher. His graduation compositions ...

's 2009 opera '' Kuratov'', the first in the Komi language. 1839 births 1875 deaths Russian male poets Komi people 19th-century poets 19th-century male writers from the Russian Empire {{Russia-poet-stub