Platon Oyunsky

Platon Oyunsky (Russian: Платон Ойунский, Yakut: Былатыан Ойуунускай, romanized: Bılatıan Oyûnuskay; 11 November [O.S.

Oyunsky was one of organizers of the Yakut Autonomous Republic, the Union of Writers of Yakutia, and the Language and Literature Scientific Research Institute.

The State Prize of the Yakut ASSR, awarded for achievements in literature, arts, and architecture, is named after him.

His name also graces the Sakha Drama Theater, a literary museum, and a street in Yakutsk.

[4] A fictionalized biography of Platon Oyunsky features prominently in Stefan Sullivan's Sibirischer Schwindel (Eichborn/Frankfurt, 2002).