Platon Oyunsky (; ( sah, Платон Алексеевич Ойуунускай; — 31 October 1939) was the pseudonym of Platon Alekseevich Sleptsov () who was a Yakut Soviet writer, philologist and public figure and one of the founders of Yakut literature.

Early life

He was born in 3 Zhekhsogon nasleg of Boturuss (nowadays Tatta) ulus. The etymology of the family name "Sleptsov" is that it came from the word meaning "a shaman" – such is the source of Oyunsky's pen-name.

Career

Oyunsky became a member of the Russian Communist Party (b) in March 1918. In 1921 the chairman of the Gubrevkom of Yakutia, in 1922 the chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, in 1923 the chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the

Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic The Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (russian: Якутская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика, ''Yakutskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika''; sah, С� ...

. Sleptsov was a

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Yakut statesman, writer, translator and champion of Yakuts language. In addition, he was seen as one of the founders of modern Yakut literature. He took part in creating the national written language and in culturally building the modern Yakut nation. Oyunsky is one of organizers of the Yakut Autonomous Republic, the Union of Writers of Yakutia, and the Language and Literature Scientific Research Institute. Oyunsky collected and published a number of Olonkho epic poems from the collected heroic epic poetry of the Yakuts.

Death

He was prosecuted during the

Great Purge The Great Purge or the Great Terror (russian: Большой террор), also known as the Year of '37 (russian: 37-й год, translit=Tridtsat sedmoi god, label=none) and the Yezhovshchina ('period of Nikolay Yezhov, Yezhov'), was General ...

, and died in prison in Yakutsk in 1939. Oyunsky was officially rehabilitated on 15 October 1955.

Legacy

The

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of the

Yakut ASSR The Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (russian: Якутская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика, ''Yakutskaya Avtonomnaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika''; sah, С� ...

, awarded for achievements in literature, arts, and architecture, is named after him. His name graces the Sakha Drama Theater, a literary museum, and one of the streets in

Yakutsk Yakutsk (russian: Якутск, p=jɪˈkutsk; sah, Дьокуускай, translit=Djokuuskay, ) is the capital city of the Sakha Republic, Russia, located about south of the Arctic Circle. Fueled by the mining industry, Yakutsk has become one of ...

Personal life

Oyunsky's daughter

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was a folklorist of note.

External links

The Yakut state literary museum named by P.A.Ojunskiy at Google Cultural Institute

Notes

A fictionalized biography of Platon Oyunsky features prominently in Stefan Sullivan's Sibirischer Schwindel (Eichborn/Frankfurt, 2002). Yakut people Soviet writers Soviet rehabilitations Soviet people who died in prison custody Sakha-language writers Translators to Sakha 1893 births 1939 deaths Great Purge victims from Russia Tomsk State Pedagogical University alumni 20th-century translators Yakut mythology {{Russia-writer-stub