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Yevgeny Zamyatin was a Russian author born in Lebed an, Russia in 1884. He studied naval engineering in Saint Petersburg from 1902 to 1908 and joined the Bolsheviks during this time. He was arrested twice for his political views, in 1905 during the Russian Revolution and again in 1911, before being amnestied in 1913. His 1913 satirical novel A Provincial Tale brought him fame. In 1916 he was sent to England to oversee ship construction while living in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

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Yevgeny Zamyatin was a Russian author born in Lebed an, Russia in 1884. He studied naval engineering in Saint Petersburg from 1902 to 1908 and joined the Bolsheviks during this time. He was arrested twice for his political views, in 1905 during the Russian Revolution and again in 1911, before being amnestied in 1913. His 1913 satirical novel A Provincial Tale brought him fame. In 1916 he was sent to England to oversee ship construction while living in Newcastle Upon Tyne.

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Yevgeny Zamyatin

Yevgeny Zamyatin was born in Lebed an, 300 km south of Moscow. His father was a Russian Orthodox priest and schoolmaster, and his mother a musician. He may have had syethesia as he gave letters and sounds qualities. For example, he saw the letter "L" as having pale, cold and light blue qualities. He studied naval engineering in Saint Petersburg from 1902 until 1908, during which time he joined the Bolshevkis. He was arrested during the Russian Revolution of 1905 and exiled, but returned to Saint Petersburg where he lived illegally before moving to Finland in 1906 to finish his studies. After returning to Russia, he began to write fiction as a hobby. He was arrested and exiled a second time in 1911, but Amnested in 1913. His Uyezdnoye(A Provincial Tale) in 1913, which satirized life in a small Russian town, brought him a degree of fame. The next year he was tried for maligning the military in his story Na Kulichkakh (At the world's end). He continued to contribute articles to various socialist newspapers. After graduating as a naval engineer, he worked professionally at home and abroad. In 1916 he was sent to England to supervise the construction of

icebreakers at the shipyards in Walker and Wallsend while living in Newcastle

Upon Tyne.

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