Vladimir Timiryov

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Vladimir Sergeyevich Timiryov (Timirev; Владимир Сергеевич Тимирёв; 1914–1938) was a Russian

avant garde painter and a victim of Joseph Stalin's Great Purge
.

Life

Vladimir Timirev was born in 1914 as the son of Admiral Sergey Nikolayevich Timiryov of the

Rear Admiral Alexander Kolchak, who became Vladimir's "stepfather." Vladimir's father Sergey subsequently moved to China as a White émigré
.

During the

Angara River
. For decades after his death, however, their association with Kolchak would have dire consequences for Vladimir and his mother.

Timirev graduated from the Moscow Architectural Institute. Upon completing his first year in 1930, he worked on the construction site of the Bobrikov Chemical Industrial Complex. After graduation, he worked as an artist and book illustrator. Jack London’s book “Northern Tales” was published with Timirev’s illustrations. He published his drawings in newspapers for the reviews of stage plays.

Timirev participated in a science and research expedition to the

Vyshniy Volochok
.

Arrest and execution

He was arrested by the NKVD in 1938 and shortly afterwards executed by shooting. Apparently, the reason was an anonymous denunciation made by friends. The denunciation referred to the fact that Vladimir was the "stepson" of Admiral Kolchak, who was demonized in the Soviet propaganda of the time.

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