Manuscripts Don’t Burn but Poetry Does Survive
<p>Soviet literary history is notorious for its bloody purges, in which entire categories of intellectuals were erased from history. Yet compared to the purges of Georgian poets during 1921 and 1931, the Great Purge of 1937 was extreme, due to the number of the poets who were executed, as well as the absurdity of the accusations made against them.</p>
<p>Within the space of a few months, Georgia’s most original and talented writers and poets — Paolo Iashvili, Titsian Tabdize, Nikolo Mitsishvili, and Mikheil Javakhishvili — were arrested, interrogated, tortured, and executed on spurious charges, such as spying for the US.</p>
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