Mišši Śeśpĕl

Mišši Śeśpĕl (Russian: Михаил Сеспель, Chuvash: Çеçпĕл Мишши; Chuvash Latin: Mišši Śeśpĕl; pronounced [ˈɕeɕpɘlʲmiʂˈʂɨ]; 1899 – 1922) was a Chuvash poet. Although he died prior to the establishment of the Soviet Union in December 1922, the Bolshevik writer-revolutionary is considered a founder of Soviet Chuvash poetry.[1]

Mišši Śeśpĕl

Biography

Born November 16, 1899 in the village Kazakkasy, Tsivilsky district of Kazan Governorate. After he graduated from the two-year school in Shikhazan he enrolled in the Tetyush’s teacher's seminary.

Then he studied in Moscow in the agitators and propagandists courses. Member of RCP (b) from 1918. After the formation of the Chuvash Autonomous Region in 1920, he was elected chairman of the Revolutionary Tribunal of the Chuvash Autonomous Region.

Thus, he became the first "chief prosecutor" of national-territorial formation

He worked in the department of education in the Commission interpreters.

Falsely accused was arrested, released on bail comrades in 3 months.

In 1921 have strengthened health due to disease in a sanatorium in Evpatoria.

After recovering, entered the Kiev Art School, he was drafted into the Red Army.

After an exacerbation of bone tuberculosis was the reserve of the army and lived with his Ukrainian friend worked at Oster in the district land office Ostersky district.

In June 15, 1922 he committed suicide in Oster on Ukraine.

In November 5, 1954 Śeśpĕl's remains were reburied in the park Oster where installed tombstone.

In 1969, the native village Mišši Śeśpĕl was renamed in his honor.

Memory

Mišši Śeśpĕl's gravestone in Oster. 50.9551017°N 30.8748651°E / 50.9551017; 30.8748651

• Mišši Śeśpĕl's museum, vil. Sespel, Kanashsky District, Chuvashia.
• Mišši Śeśpĕl's museum, Palace of Justice, Cheboksary, Chuvashia.
• Poet’s bust, Lenin’s prosp, Cheboksary.
• Regional museum of Pedagogic College, Mišši Śeśpĕl's corner, Tetyushi, Tatarstan.
• Poet’s grave and Section of Regional museum, Oster, Ukraine.
• Mišši Śeśpĕl's museum, school № 1, Oster, Ukraine.
• Streets:
  • in Cheboksary, Chuvashia.
  • in Oster, Ukraine.
• Mišši Śeśpĕl's park, Oster, Ukraine.
• Cinema "Sespel", Cheboksary, Chuvashia.

Literature[2]

• Сироткин М. Я., Очерки истории чувашской советской литературы — Cheboksary, 1956.
• Основоположник чувашской советской поэзии — Cheboksary: «Уч. зап. Чуваш. НИИ», 1971. — Т. 51.
• «Чăваш литературин антологийĕ» (Chuvash literature anthology), editors: D. V. Gordeev, Y. A. Silem. Cheboksary, 2003. ISBN 5-7670-1279-2 .

References

1. Кузьмин Михаил Кузьмич (Сеспель Мишши)
2. Выдающиеся люди Чувашии : Сеспель Михаил (Кузьмин Михаил Кузьмич)

External links

• Mišši Śeśpĕl verses in chuvash
• Кузьмин Михаил Кузьмич (Сеспель Мишши)
• Mišši Śeśpĕl in philatelia
• Mišši Śeśpĕl in Chuvash State art museum