Brasol, Boris, 1885-

Russian author, criminologist, lawyer, and lecturer. Died, 1963.

From the description of Boris Brasol papers, 1919-1954. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80911016

Biographical Note

• 1885, Mar. 31: Born, Poltava, Russia
• 1908: B.L., University of Petrograd, Petrograd, Russia
• 1910 - 1916 : Prosecuting attorney in the Russian Ministry of Justice
• 1912: Studied forensic science, Lausanne University, Lausanne, Switzerland
• 1914 - 1916 : Served as second lieutenant, Imperial Russian Guard, on the Polish front
• 1916: Russian representative in the United States, Interallied Conference
• 1917: Stayed in the United States as an emigrant following the October Revolution in Russia
• 1918 - 1963 : Practised law, New York, N.Y., specializing in Russian law, while pursuing a career as a literary critic and criminologist
• 1920: Published Socialism vs. Civilization. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
• 1921: Published The World at the Cross Roads. Boston: Small, Maynard and Co.
• 1922: Published The Balance Sheet of Sovietism. New York: Duffield
• 1927: Published Elements of Crime. New York: Oxford University Press
• 1934: Published The Mighty Three: Poushkin, Gogol, Dostoievsky. New York: William Farquhar Payson
• 1938: Published Oscar Wilde: the Man, the Artist, the Martyr. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
• 1949: Translated Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Diary of a Writer. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
• 1963, Mar. 19: Died, New York, N.Y.

From the guide to the Boris Brasol Papers, 1919-1954, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)