A biographical sensation. Gymnasium student Maksym Rylsky was under secret police surveillance at the age of 15

A biographical sensation. Gymnasium student Maksym Rylsky was under secret police surveillance at the age of 15 at the Gromada Group Media
The house at 8 Pankivska Street (present-day view), the young man Maksym Rylsky, and pages from the Filer's file. A collage by Olena Zelenina.

Maksym Rylsky (grandson) has revealed interesting news from the biography of his prominent grandfather, the classic of Ukrainian literature Maksym Rylsky. As it turned out, the poet in his youth was not only distinguished by the freedom of thought inherent in many of his peers, but also belonged to an interesting circle of anti-imperialist intellectuals of his time.

A still unknown fact from the life of the future classicist was discovered by Rena Kovalenko, a well-known archivist in Kyiv.

 

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