Sergey Elpatyevsky

Sergey Elpatyevsky
Born	(1854-11-03)November 3, 1854 Vladimir Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	January 9, 1933(1933-01-09) (aged 78) Moscow, Soviet Union

Sergey Yakovlevich Elpatyevsky (Russian: Серге́й Я́ковлевич Елпа́тьевский), November 3, 1854 – January 9, 1933, was a Russian Empire and Soviet writer and medical doctor.

Early life

Elpatyevsky was born in the village of Novoselki-Kudrino, Vladimir Governorate, into the family of a village priest. He studied at a religious school and, after graduating in 1868, at a seminary. In 1872 he entered the Law Faculty of Moscow State University, later transferring to the Medical Faculty.

Career

In the 1870s Elpatyevsky participated in the

In 1877 Elpatyevsky was investigated on charges of having links with revolutionary groups, but released for lack of evidence. In 1878 he finished his studies at the University, and began working as a doctor in Skopinsky County, Ryazan province. He also continued his revolutionary activities. In 1880 he was arrested on charges of promoting The People's Will, and deported to Ufa province under police supervision.

Exile

In 1884 Elpatyevsky was arrested for distributing illegal literature, and sentenced to exile in Eastern Siberia. He arrived in Krasnoyarsk on October 24, 1884, where he met with the writer Vladimir Korolenko. Elpatyevsky settled in the village of Verhnepashennom, in the Yeniseysky District of Yenisei province. His wife Lyudmila and their two children went with him voluntarily. His wife and children settled in the city of Yeniseysk.

In 1885 Elpatyevsky was allowed to resettle in Yeniseysk with his family. He repeatedly appealed to the governor of the Yenisei province to allow him to practice medicine, but was refused. He then began to practice medicine free of charge. Later he was granted the right to move freely throughout the countryside to fight the epidemics of diphtheria and scarlet fever in Angara and measles in Turukhansk. He received the thanks of Governor I. K. Pedashenko for helping to fight these epidemics.

In April, 1886 a Chelyabinsk merchant named Balakshin asked Governor Pedashenko if Elpatyevsky could be allowed to accompany him to Lake Shira. The governor allowed Elpatyevsky to visit the Minusinsky District for scientific purposes. Their scientific observations about the healing properties of the water of Lake Shira were outlined in Elpatyevsky's report at a meeting of the Yenisei Province Society of Physicians.

Later life

After his period of exile, Elpatyevsky lived in

He was arrested for publishing the booklet Land and Freedom in 1910. In 1910/11 he was imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress.

During World War 1 Elpatyevsky worked in hospitals in the All-Russian Land Union. In 1917 he left the Labour Popular Socialist Party. After the

Notes

English translations

• Pity Me!, from The Russian Review, Vol 2, The Russian Review Publishing Company, NY, 1916.
• The Homeless Ones, from The Shield, Knopf, NY, 1917.

External links

• Works by Sergey Elpatyevsky at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)