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'''Ivan Elagin''' (December 1, 1918 – February 8, 1987; {{lang-uk|Иван Елагин}}), was a Russian-Jewish émigré ] from ].<ref name="Gorecki Nowak">{{cite web | url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=9wrx2g1wqOoC&pg=PA469&dq=Olga+Anstei+Ivan+Elagin&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oItYUc4UirKJAu6dgcgK&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Olga%20Anstei%20Ivan%20Elagin&f=false | title=Book Reviews: ''Berega'' featuring Olga Anstei and Ivan Elagin | publisher=M.E. Sharpe | work=The American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies for 1994 | date=Jul 1, 1999 | accessdate=March 31, 2013 | author=Maria Gorecki Nowak | pages=469 | isbn=1563247518}}</ref> He was the husband of poet ] ({{lang-uk|Ольга Анстей}}), best remembered for writing about ]. Her "]" (another name for Babi Yar) written in 1943, was one of the first-ever literary works on the subject of ] in Kiev.<ref name="kehilalinks">{{cite web | url=http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kyyiv/Lit.asp | title=Literature and Music (see: Ol'ga Anstei) | publisher=JewishGen ''Kehilalinks'' | work=Kiev Gubernia, Ukraine | date=10-07-2012 | accessdate=February 21, 2013}}</ref> '''Ivan Elagin''' (December 1, 1918 – February 8, 1987; {{lang-uk|Иван Елагин}}, {{lang-ru|Иван Венедиктович Елагин}}, real m-name '''Ivan Matveyev''', was a Russian émigré ] born in ].<ref name="Gorecki Nowak">{{cite web | url=http://books.google.ca/books?id=9wrx2g1wqOoC&pg=PA469&dq=Olga+Anstei+Ivan+Elagin&hl=en&sa=X&ei=oItYUc4UirKJAu6dgcgK&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Olga%20Anstei%20Ivan%20Elagin&f=false | title=Book Reviews: ''Berega'' featuring Olga Anstei and Ivan Elagin | publisher=M.E. Sharpe | work=The American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies for 1994 | date=Jul 1, 1999 | accessdate=March 31, 2013 | author=Maria Gorecki Nowak | pages=469 | isbn=1563247518}}</ref> He was the husband of poet ] ({{lang-uk|Ольга Анстей}}), best remembered for writing about ]. Her "]" (another name for Babi Yar) written in 1943, was one of the first-ever literary works on the subject of ] in Kiev.<ref name="kehilalinks">{{cite web | url=http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/kyyiv/Lit.asp | title=Literature and Music (see: Ol'ga Anstei) | publisher=JewishGen ''Kehilalinks'' | work=Kiev Gubernia, Ukraine | date=10-07-2012 | accessdate=February 21, 2013}}</ref>


==Life== ==Life==
Elagin was born in Vladivostok in Siberia and studied medecine in Kiev in the 1930s. During World War II he served as a medic and spent several years in displaced persons camps before immigrating to the United States. <ref>, '']'', Pittsburgh, 10 February 1987. Retrieved on 17 May 2013.</ref> Ivan Matveyev was born in Vladivostok in Siberia and studied medecine in Kiev in the 1930s. During World War II he remained in Kiev under the German occupation, and after the war served as a medic, and spent several years in displaced persons camps before immigrating to the United States. <ref>, '']'', Pittsburgh, 10 February 1987. Retrieved on 17 May 2013.</ref>


Elagin and his wife Olga ] together from the ] to the West in 1943. Their works were published side by side in the poetry anthology entitled ''Berega: Stikhi Poetov Vtoroi Emigratsii'' (Shores: Poetry of the Second Emigration) by Valentina Sinkevich, the first ever collection of works by the second wave of Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union.<ref name="Gorecki Nowak" /> They divorced in New York in 1950. Elagin became professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the ]; a post held until his death from cancer in 1987.<ref name="Elagin Papers">{{cite web | url=http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=ascead;cc=ascead;q1=Faculty%20Papers;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-PPiU-ua90f85 | title=Ivan Elagin Papers | publisher=University of Pittsburgh Library System | work=Summary Information | date=June 2009 | accessdate=March 31, 2013 | author=ULS Archives}}</ref> Elagin and his wife Olga left the ] to the West with reptreating German army in 1943. Their works were published side by side in the poetry anthology entitled ''Berega: Stikhi Poetov Vtoroi Emigratsii'' (Shores: Poetry of the Second Emigration) by Valentina Sinkevich, the first ever collection of works by the second wave of Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union.<ref name="Gorecki Nowak" /> They divorced in New York in 1950. Elagin became professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the ]; a post held until his death from cancer in 1987.<ref name="Elagin Papers">{{cite web | url=http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=ascead;cc=ascead;q1=Faculty%20Papers;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-PPiU-ua90f85 | title=Ivan Elagin Papers | publisher=University of Pittsburgh Library System | work=Summary Information | date=June 2009 | accessdate=March 31, 2013 | author=ULS Archives}}</ref>


Professor Elagin was also affiliated with the Russian School at the ] program. He was appointed as Visiting Poet-Lecturer in 1969 by Robert L. Baker, Dean and Director of the Russian Summer School.<ref>{{Cite book | title=The Middlebury College Foreign Language Schools, 1915-1970: The story of a unique idea | year=1975}}</ref> Professor Elagin was also affiliated with the Russian School at the ] program. He was appointed as Visiting Poet-Lecturer in 1969 by Robert L. Baker, Dean and Director of the Russian Summer School.<ref>{{Cite book | title=The Middlebury College Foreign Language Schools, 1915-1970: The story of a unique idea | year=1975}}</ref>

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Ivan Elagin after World War II

Ivan Elagin (December 1, 1918 – February 8, 1987; Template:Lang-uk, Template:Lang-ru, real m-name Ivan Matveyev, was a Russian émigré poet born in Vladivostok. He was the husband of poet Olga Anstei (Template:Lang-uk), best remembered for writing about the Holocaust. Her "Kirillovskie iary" (another name for Babi Yar) written in 1943, was one of the first-ever literary works on the subject of 1941 massacre of Ukrainian Jews in Kiev.

Life

Ivan Matveyev was born in Vladivostok in Siberia and studied medecine in Kiev in the 1930s. During World War II he remained in Kiev under the German occupation, and after the war served as a medic, and spent several years in displaced persons camps before immigrating to the United States.

Elagin and his wife Olga left the Soviet Union to the West with reptreating German army in 1943. Their works were published side by side in the poetry anthology entitled Berega: Stikhi Poetov Vtoroi Emigratsii (Shores: Poetry of the Second Emigration) by Valentina Sinkevich, the first ever collection of works by the second wave of Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union. They divorced in New York in 1950. Elagin became professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh; a post held until his death from cancer in 1987.

Professor Elagin was also affiliated with the Russian School at the Middlebury College Language Schools program. He was appointed as Visiting Poet-Lecturer in 1969 by Robert L. Baker, Dean and Director of the Russian Summer School.

See also

  • Ivan Yelagin (1725–94), Russian statesman of the Catharinian era

References

  1. ^ Maria Gorecki Nowak (Jul 1, 1999). "Book Reviews: Berega featuring Olga Anstei and Ivan Elagin". The American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies for 1994. M.E. Sharpe. p. 469. ISBN 1563247518. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  2. "Literature and Music (see: Ol'ga Anstei)". Kiev Gubernia, Ukraine. JewishGen Kehilalinks. 10-07-2012. Retrieved February 21, 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. "Ivan Elagin, Pitt professor of Russian", The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, 10 February 1987. Retrieved on 17 May 2013.
  4. ULS Archives (June 2009). "Ivan Elagin Papers". Summary Information. University of Pittsburgh Library System. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
  5. The Middlebury College Foreign Language Schools, 1915-1970: The story of a unique idea. 1975.
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