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Nikolay Borisov

Nikolay Andreyevich Borisov (, ; October 11, 1889 - September 3, 1937) was a Soviet Ukrainian writer best known for an adventure novel ''Ukrasia'' which was the base of the popular 1925 film directed by Pyotr Chardynin. He wrote his books in Russian, but they were immediately translated in Ukrainian.

He graduated from the , and and fought in World War I, earning military decorations. During the Russian Civil War, for a short time he was with White Army, then joined the Red Army.

He wrote adventure novels he dubbed "cine-novels" (cinema novels), a popular form in these times. In 1920s he worked as a screenwriter in film studios of Odesa and Yalta. He knew several foreign languages and was a fan of Esperanto, which was a pretext for his ill fate. He was arrested and executed in 1937, accused of participation in the "counter-revolutionary Trotskyite organization among Esperantists". Provided by Wikipedia
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