Vitaly Shentalinsky

He became internationally known for his books on the fates of Russian writers during the Great Purge under the rule of Joseph Stalin.

[2][3][4][5] Shentalinsky spent his school years in the Chistopol district of the Autonomous Soviet Republic Tatarstan.

He also published materials on the NKVD officer Yakov Agranov, who led many of the repressive measures against writers.

[8] Shentalinsky's books on the repression of writers were also published in English, French, German, Polish, Serbian and Spanish.

In the Tatar community of Yuldus (district Chistopol), where he grew up, the "Shentalinsky Readings" have been taking place since 2013.