Biography of Kedra Mitrei

  • Date of birth

    Dmitri Ivanovich Korepanov was born in in Igra (Egra) in the family of peasant.
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    Years of studing

    In 1904 he graduated Igra church school. In 1907 he graduated Zura college.Then he studied in Kazan seminary but was fired.
  • Becoming a teacher

    He passed the teacher's exam successfully.
  • The first work

    He began teaching in February 1914 in the village of Kulaki, Sarapulsky district.
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    Years in the Army

    He was called to the Army sent to Blagoveshchensk. In 1915 he wrote his first tragedy. Also he wrote articles about udmurt people and their language.
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    Creation

    He reworked and republished the tragedy "Ash-Terek", created the second part of the dramatic trilogy "Idna-batyr". During these years, numerous journalistic articles were written on various socio-political and cultural issues, as well as essays and short stories.
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    The heyday of his career

    He worked in the newspaper "Gudyri" and even was its editor. The first collection of stories "Pilem ulys shundy shory" ("From behind the clouds to the sun") was published. He published the first historical poem in Udmurt poetry, "Hubert Batyr". In 1929 he published "Sekyt zibet" ("Heavy yoke"), the first novel in Udmurt literature.
  • The first poetry.

    He published the first historical poem in Udmurt poetry, "Hubert Batyr".
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    Acceptance by society

    He was a member of the Union of Writers of the USSR since 1934 and chairman of the Union of Writers of the Republic until 1937 .
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    Injustice

    In 1937, Kedra Mitrei was unjustly repressed, in 1946 he was released, in 1948 he was repressed again.
  • Death

    He died in exile in the village of Chumakovo, Mikhailovsky district, Novosibirsk region.
  • the name of the street in Igra

    One of the streets in Igra got his name by the decision of the executive Committee of the Igrinsky possovet.
  • The monument of Kedra Mitrei

    On the 100th anniversary of the writer, a monument was erected in the village of Igra on the site of the parent's house (Sovetskaya St.).
  • The name of the library in Igra

    by the decision of the Igrinsky District Council of Deputies, the Igrinsky central district Library got his name.
  • His name award

    On the initiative of the Igrinsky branch of the All-Udmurt Organization "Udmurt Kenesh", the award of the Ministry of Defense "Igrinsky district" named after Kedra Mitrei was founded.