1938 Boris Pilnyak was shot

80 years ago, on April 21, 1938, the writer Boris Pilnyak (Vogau), who was falsely accused of spying for Japan, was shot in Moscow. The real reason for the massacre of him was his Tale of the Unextinguished Moon, which contained a hint that Mikhail Frunze died not without the participation of Stalin. The fifth issue of the journal "New World" for 1926 with this work was withdrawn from sale, and the story was recognized as "politically harmful".

In 1956, Pilnyak was rehabilitated.