Valerian Pletnev

Valerian Fyodorovich Pletnyov (Russian: Валериан Фёдорович Плетнёв; 15 September 1886 – January 1942) was a Russian revolutionary who after many years as a joiner became a playwright and ideologue in the Proletkult, following the Russian Revolution.^[1][2]

He joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1904. He worked as a carpenter, primarily in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, until 1917. He had two periods of exile, from 1911 to 1914 and then from 1915 to 1917.^[3] After the revolution he developed as a playwright and was very active in Proletkult, very much influenced by Alexander Bogdanov. He was chairman of the Central Committee of the Proletkult. His wife, Anna Dodonova, was also on the national presidium.