13 Facts About Boris Kowerda

Boris Kowerda was released under an amnesty in 1937, after serving 10 years.

Boris Kowerda, known as Koverda, born 21 August 1907 in Vilnius then part of the Russian Empire, was the son of a public school teacher, a Socialist Revolutionary of Poleshuk origin, Sofron Iosifovich Kowerda, who was a participant in the White movement during the Russian Civil War and on the side of the Germans during World War II.

Boris Kowerda was forced to leave school early because of the need to earn money.

Boris Kowerda was very delicate in relation to members of the administration, teachers and comrades.

Boris Kowerda did not take part in school public life.

Boris Kowerda pursued him with further shots, to which Voykov pulled a pistol from his pocket, turned back and let out several shots at Boris Kowerda, then faltered and collapsed into the arms of the policeman Jasinski.

Boris Kowerda was later amnestied and released from prison on June 15,1937, after serving 10 years.

Boris Kowerda acquired US citizenship in 1956; he and his family had been stateless since the Bolshevik Revolution, having never acquired Polish or German citizenship.

Boris Kowerda is an ardent foe of communism as he was in his early youth, he has not grown bitter with years, but he has matured in his convictions and in the choice of methods of fighting for his homeland.

Boris Kowerda lived in New York City and Hyattsville, Maryland, and was active in the Russian-American immigrant community.

Boris Kowerda died in Hyattsville on 18 February 1987, aged 79.

Boris Kowerda is buried at the Russian Orthodox convent Novo-Diveevo in Nanuet, New York.

Boris Kowerda was immortalized in a poem by Russian emigre poet, translator and writer Konstantin Balmont alongside other anti-communist fighters:.