The years of 1928-1929: a turning point in Platon Oyunsky’s biography

Abstract

This article is devoted to one of the little-known pages of the multifaceted activity of the outstanding statesman, public figure, writer Platon Alekseevich Sleptsov–Oyunsky: the years of his work as the Commissar of Education, Health and Social Security of the Yakut ASSR (06 January 1928–04 March 1929). Numerous articles, essays, memoirs, poems have been written about Platon Oyunsky, as well as many books, collections, albums, etc. have been published. His name is included in encyclopedias and reference books. However, there are still undiscovered pages from his short life, namely, his life activity in 1928–1929. These years became a turning point in his fate, when Platon Oyunsky revised his views on many social processes and determined his future path as a scholar and creative person. Restoration of historical justice and a full picture of the life activity of the statesman, writer and scholar Platon Oyunsky continues until now and becomes a necessary task for researchers.