Venedikt Yerofeyev File

Born beyond the Arctic Circle in the Murmansk region, his father spent years in the gulags during the Great Purge.

A scathing collection of quotations from Lenin’s own works and letters, curated to expose the darker aspects of the Soviet leader’s character. Venedikt Yerofeyev

Despite being a brilliant student who entered Moscow State University with a gold medal, he was expelled for "amoral behaviour" and failing to attend military training. Born beyond the Arctic Circle in the Murmansk

Yerofeyev claimed to have written a novel about composer Dmitri Shostakovich in 1972, but the manuscript was allegedly stolen on a train and has never been found. Biography & "Outsider" Lifestyle Yerofeyev claimed to have written a novel about

Yerofeyev lived much of his life on the margins of Soviet society, often without a residence permit ( propiska ) and working low-level jobs like stoker or cable-layer.

Venedikt Yerofeyev: A Recovered Interview with Daphne Skillen