Alexander Serafimovich
Alexander Serafimovich , 1863160 January 19, 1949 was a RussianSoviet writer and a member of the Moscow literary group Sreda.
Serafimovich was born in a Cossack village on the Don River. His father served as a paymaster in a Cossack regiment. Serafimovich attended a grammar school, then studied in the PhysicoMathematical faculty of St. Petersburg University. During his time at the University he became friends with Aleksandr Ulyanov, the brother of Vladimir Lenin. Serafimovich was later exiled to Mezen, a town in northern Russia, for spreading revolutionary propaganda. During his time in exile he became a Marxist.
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