Kuzebay Gerd

Kuzma Pavlovich Chaynikov (Russian: Кузьма́ Па́влович Ча́йников, IPA: [kʊˈzʲma ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕajnʲɪkəf] (listen)), better known as Kuzebay Gerd (Russian: Кузеба́й Ге́рд, IPA: [kʊzʲɪˈbaj ˈɡʲert] (listen); 14 January 1896, in Bolshaya Dokya village – 1 November 1937, in Sandarmokh) was an Udmurt poet, a prose writer, a playwright, a public figure, and a nationalist.[1] He was executed in Sandarmokh during the Great Purge. Poshumously rehabilitated (exonerated) in 1958.

Kuzebay Gerd
Born	(1898-01-14)January 14, 1898 Bolshaya Dokya, Vyatka Governorate (now Udmurtia), Russian Empire
Died	(1937-11-01)November 1, 1937 Sandarmokh, Soviet Union