Yashin Alexander Yakovlevich - Russian writer, who became famous thanks to his collections of poems "Songs of the North" and "Severyanka".
Biography
The future poet was born on March 27, 1913 in the Vologda region, namely in the village of Bludnovo. Sasha grew up in a poor family. Sasha's father died when the child was 3 years old. After 2 years, Alexander’s mother married another man. My stepfather was very rude to Sasha, forcing him to work in the field for almost the whole day. Sasha was 8 years old, and he went to study in the city of Nikolsk. At this school, the boy graduated from the 7th grade and after that he entered the pedagogical institute.
The beginning of creativity
From the school itself, Sasha liked to write poems, as teachers stated, he had great potential. When Sasha was 15 years old, he began to send his works to newspapers. The first poem of Alexander was published in the newspaper Nikolsky Communard. Yashin is not the real name of the boy, this is just a pseudonym, the real name of the boy is Popov.
More and more often the poems of the young writer fell into newspapers and magazines. In the 31st year, Sasha graduated from high school and got a job in his specialty; he worked as a rural teacher in his native village. In the 32nd year, Popov went to live in Vologda. After 2 years, Sasha released a poetry collection: "Songs to the North." In the same year, Sasha wrote the song "Four Brothers", for which he received an award.
At the age of 22, Popov moved to Moscow and entered the Gorkov Institute. Three years later, Sasha released a second collection, which was called "Northerner". In the 41st year, Sasha completed his studies and went to the front, for his services Yashin was awarded medals.
Artworks
In the 49th year, Sasha wrote the poem "Countrymen" and "Soviet Man." Yashin became famous thanks to the poem "Hurry up to do good deeds." In the 54th year, Sasha participated in the 2nd Congress of Soviet Writers. Since the 56th year, Popov has written several works: "Levers", "Visiting the Son", "Vologda Wedding".
Personal life
Sasha got married twice. The first wife gave the poet a son and two daughters, and the second wife gave two sons and two daughters. The truly poet loved only Tushnova Veronika, a Russian woman who also wrote poems. Alexander and Veronica met in the 60th year and immediately fell in love. As you know, Tushnova devoted her last book to Alexander Popov. Yashin could not leave his family and decided to break off all relations with Veronica. In the 65th year, Veronica fell ill with cancer and died.
