Alexander Kozachinsky: photo, biography, works

Kozaczynski Alexander lived only 39 years, but his life was full of adventures, events and adventures, that would be enough for several people to write memoirs. Unfortunately, he did not leave behind such an exciting book, but has become an example of how not to be afraid to change your life not just a fundamental but also from the state of the law-abiding man to the gang leader.

Alexander Kozachinsky lived in an era of change in the most exciting and unpredictable city in the world – in Odessa.

Childhood writer

The writer was Born in Moscow into a noble family September 4, 1903, the Boy was only 3 years old when his family moved to Odessa from tuberculosis of his father.

Although the warm climate and the sea had improved the patient's condition, he still died in 1911. The father's illness greatly undermined the family's financial situation, but nevertheless Kozaczynski Alexander goes to the best school of the city, where it appears not only in the same class, but at the same Desk with Eugene Kataev.

Short school years the boys have become not just friends, but blood brothers, having made a ritual of “sharing” of blood. Fascination with the novels of Fenimore Cooper has played here not last role. So become brothers Apache Indian – cut on hand and exchange a handshake cemented the hard-earned Union forever.

Youth

Adolescence with all its complexes of growing up Alexander Kozachinsky escaped, immediately entered into adulthood. Leaving school after the 7th grade in 1917, the boy gets the guards to somehow help her mother.

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Post-revolutionary Odessa daily surprises. Earned the morning the money might already be nothing in the evening, and power was varied in conjunction with the section of the city.

Evgeny Kataev, and Alexander Kozachinsky (photo below) for a time lost each other and he could not see. Part of the city, where they lived Katayevy belonged to Petlyura (street cable car), and Sophia (district Kozachinsky) settled Denikin.

At the age of 16 he went to work in the County militia clerk. Having an adventurous character, Alexander Kozachinsky did not last long on the boring office work, and in 1920 he tried himself as an employee of the Odessa criminal investigation Department.

Prior To that, Alexander is quite successfully played for the Odessa football team “Black sea" as a goalkeeper, but the events that took place in the city, and the youthful romanticism led him to the Department of CID.

Criminal investigation

Seventeen-year-old “specialist” given the toughest gangster plot. At that time in the Odessa criminal investigation Department had a lot of random people who have a job lined up for food rations. Kozaczynski Alexander not only took his job seriously and tried to eliminate the chaos on the streets, but also solved the case of Bengal.

A Jealous colleagues, as they say, “cooked” for successful and honest young man of the matter, attributing his misconduct. The court sentenced him to 3 years in prison, but Alexander insisted on the reconsideration of the case and proved his innocence.

After the acquittal of Alexander Kozachinsky became the inspector of criminal investigation Department of the 1st Baltic County. His job was to prevent bribery, abuse of authority, violation of law by colleagues, officials and local authorities.

There was nothing romantic, and bribery and lawlessness alone to stop was impossible, so the young man, without thinking twice, stealing the green van, loaded with specifically to the chief of police. In the form of bribes millers from all around sent the sacks of grain that in those times of famine were worth more than gold.

Youth Gang

Theft of a van was held jointly with the deserter George Fechem and over the fact that all the grain was “confiscated” and has the police in the district of Tiraspol. Since no evidence of the accomplices was released, but a letter about their wrongdoing in the criminal investigation of Odessa sent.

Alexander Kozachinsky, biography which would end somewhere near Tiraspol, if he was shot, however, did not stop and decided that he needed more men to carry out attacks.

George Fech brings a new friend in the German colony in the Network and introduces the trousers but and Burgerdom – known in Odessa criminals. After a while they are joined by men led by Colonel Orlov, who commanded the executioners in the army of Kolchak.

The gang consisted of more than 20 fighters. All operations were thoroughly prepared the young Kozaczynski, and they passed successfully. The gang robbed trains and banks, firms and wealthy people. In the German settlement, Alexander was highly respected men and big love with women. Nicknamed “pretty boy”, which he gave not only for attractive appearance but also for good manners and his characteristic generosity, was the name of the hero of the novel “work” for which he himself was a prototype.

The youth Gang could end up shooting, if fate had not brought Alexander with a childhood friend Eugene Kataev. When the gang was ambushed Starokon Bazaar, that Eugene was arrestedSasha and asked him to surrender to save life.

The trial of the bandits were strange even to Odessa. Residents Often defended Kazachinskoe and instead witnesses were put on trial, which was carried out in an enclosed space.

Kazachinskoye awarded the shooting, but the crowd did not disappoint the other, stood up for him, so an investigation conducted by other people, and the sentence was replaced by imprisonment. It was in 1922, and in 1925 Alexander was released under the Amnesty. Met him outside of jail mum and best friend.

Journalism

Evgeny Katayev, moved in 1925 to Moscow to his brother Valentin, already known to the writer, suggested to Alexander the work of a reporter in a newspaper.

Evgeny Kataev well known to readers under the pseudonym Yevgeny Petrov. Working as a columnist in the Moscow newspaper “Toot”, he met Ilya Ilf, whereby the light appeared “the Twelve chairs” and “Golden calf". It was he who insisted that Alexander wrote a story about a green van.

Writing career

Kozaczynski Alexander, whose works are based only on real events, in fact, the writer did not intend to become. He successfully worked, first as a correspondent of the newspaper “Toot”, then "Economic life", and if not for the insistence of his childhood friend, the world would not know the amazing and adventurous story of a Handsome and Volodya Patrikeev.

Just Kozaczynski written several short stories and one novel, but nevertheless he became a widely read not only authors, but also shoot. The basis of “Green van,” the actual events that took place in 20th years in Odessa. Best friend Alexander Eugene Kataev became the prototype Volodya patrikeeva-spirited young men, eager for the fame of Sherlock Holmes.

Main characters

The Images of the main characters in the story “work” turned out alive and believable, as Kazachinskoye not have had to invent them.

His friendship with Eugene Kataev just came to the page works, where each was yourself – a young employee of the Odessa criminal investigation Department. Volodya patrickeyev – a former schoolboy, filled with romantic aspirations, wants to make the world a better place, solving crimes like Sherlock Holmes.

The young Soviet militia to show their “remarkable” analytical skills? Image patrikeeva written with such sympathy and a fine sense of humor that the main character fall in love and forgive all his mistakes and failures.

Events described in the story

At the heart of work lies the true story of the gangster past of the author and the theft of their green van from under the nose of the chief of police.

As in the work in handsome all ended well, and the author of the gangster life became the basis of a literary work, not about the death penalty.

Sudden death

The Publishing house that printed books in the Soviet times, decided that wrote Kozaczynski Alexander works for children, although they are more suited to those readers who can understand exclusive humor inherent in the hungry and cold Odessa 20 years.

Based On the novel filmed in 1982 by Director Alexander Pavlovsky. The film is very clearly and accurately conveyed to Odessa humor, and flavor of the time, and main characters that become your favorite from the first lines of the novel and the film.

Alexander Kozachinsky died at the age of 39 years (08.01.1943) from the disease being evacuated from Moscow to Novosibirsk. There he caught the news of the death of the best friend Eugene Kataev. He served as a war correspondent at the front, when the plane on which he was flying was shot down by a German fighter.

In memory of readers Alexander Kozachinsky will forever be the author of the funny and sad novel "Green box" of events which actually happened.