birth_date: 1909-03-14 00:00:00
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name: Sergei Golitsyn
about: Sergei Mikhailovich Galitsyn was born on 14(1) March 1909 at an estate in the Tula guberniya. His father was prince Mikhail Vladimirovich Galitsyn (1873–1942), a member of the powerful Russian Golitsyn (or Galitzine) family, and his mother was Anna Sergheevna, born Lopukhina (1880–1972). He had also five sisters and one brother.During the repressions of 1920s and 1930s, a large number of his relatives were targeted. At various times were arrested (and later killed) his grandfather, V.M. Galitsyn, his father, his older brother Vladimir, one brother-in-law and numerous cousins. Later he recalled these years in his Memoirs of a Survivor: The Golitsyn Family in Stalin's Russia, an account of how revolution dramatically transformed life for one Sergei Mikhailovich Galitsyn was born on 14(1) March 1909 at an estate in the Tula guberniya. His father was prince Mikhail Vladimirovich Galitsyn (1873–1942), a member of the powerful Russian Golitsyn (or Galitzine) family, and his mother was Anna Sergheevna, born Lopukhina (1880–1972). He had also five sisters and one brother.During the repressions of 1920s and 1930s, a large number of his relatives were targeted. At various times were arrested (and later killed) his grandfather, V.M. Galitsyn, his father, his older brother Vladimir, one brother-in-law and numerous cousins. Later he recalled these years in his Memoirs of a Survivor: The Golitsyn Family in Stalin's Russia, an account of how revolution dramatically transformed life for one of Russia's elite families. Written in secret and published only in 1990, after his death it describes the impact of the revolution upon his family, whilst also painting a picture of life in Russia as Bolshevism turned to Stalinism.After finishing school in 1927, having decided to become a writer, he enrolled to Higher Literature Courses (later to become the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute). After graduating in 1929, he was briefly arrested.Although his first children stories were published in the 1930s in various journals, he could not support himself from writing and worked as a topographer including to the building of the Moscow Canal.In 1934 he married Klavdia Mikhailovna Babykina (1907–1980), with whom he had three children - Georgy (b.1935), Mikhail (b.1936) and Sergey (1938–1939).On 3 July 1941 he was mobilized as a topographer at the sapper troops. He made all the way to Berlin and was discharged in 1946. For his service he received the Order of the Patriotic War IInd class, the Order of the Red Star and several medals.After the war worked as a geodesist engineer at the State Planning Institute.Since 1959 he lived as a professional writer.He died on 7 November 1989 of a heart attack. He is buried in the churchyard of the village Lyubets (Vladimir Oblast).___________________________________Сергей Голицын родился 1 (14) марта 1909 года в семье Михаила Владимировича Голицына (1873—1942) и Анны Сергеевны, урождённой Лопухиной (1880—1972). Имел 5 сестёр: Александру (1900—1991),Софию (1903—1982), Евгению (1906—1908), Марию (1911—1988), Екатерину (1914-2005) и брата Владимира (1902—1943).Во время репрессий 1920—1930-х годов их семья подверглась преследованиям. В разное время были арестованы и погибли дед, В. М. Голицын (1847—1932), отец, старший брат, муж сестры Александры, двоюродные братья и сёстры. Позднее Сергей Михайлович отразил эти годы в своей книге «Записки уцелевшего».Ещё в детстве, под впечталением прочитанных книг, Сергей Голицын захотел стать писателем. После окончания школы, в 1927 году, он поступил на Высшие литературные курсы.Первые детские рассказы Голицына начали публиковаться в 1930-х годах в детских журналах «Чиж», «Мурзилка», «Всемирный следопыт». Однако сразу стать профессиональным писателем Сергею Голицыну не удалось. В тридцатых годах он стал работать топографом, принимал участие в строительстве канала им. Москвы.В 1941 году, 3 июля, Сергей Голицын был мобилизован. В качестве топографа в составе строительных частей он прошёл боевой путь до Берлина и был демобилизован только в 1946 году. Был награждён орденами Отечественной войны 2-й степени, Красной Звезды, медалями «За боевые заслуги», «За оборону Москвы» и др.После войны Сергей Голицын работал инженером-геодезистом в Государственном проектном институте.С 1959 года Сергей Голицын стал профессиональным писателем. Популярностью пользовались его детские книги о жизни советских пионеров — «Сорок изыскателей», «Городок сорванцов», «Полотняный городок» и другие. Он также писал краеведческо-исторические книги — «Сказание о белых камнях» и «Сказание о земле Московской».Писал Сергей Голицын и исторические книги для детей («Ладьи плывут на север», «До самого син ...more
death_date: 1989-11-07 00:00:00