David Gasparyan - Aksel Bakunts: a victim of political violence (1936–1937)
19 Pages | 78-97 | DOI: Doi:10.54503/0135-0536-2024.3-78 | Revceived on: 2024-06-20 | Reviewed on: 2024-08-14 | Accepted for printing on: 2024-11-21
Published in: 2024 N 3 (227) / Literary studies
The prominent novelist Aksel Bakunts (1899–1937) was criticized as a “nationalist” at party meetings and in the literary press as early as 1933. At the height of his creative powers, in addition to being accused of nationalism, terrorism was also attributed to him. The writer was arrested on August 9, 1936. Aksel Bakunts was imprisoned for 11 months. During that time, he was subjected to a severe moral and physical torture. On July 8, 1936, his sentence to the highest punishment, execution by shooting, was carried out in Yerevan.
KeywordsAksel Bakunts political persecution arrest detention interrogation sentence execution by shooting.