Gamsakhurdia survived the Joseph Stalin-Lavrentiy Beria purges , which destroyed a large part of Georgian literary society , but resolutely refused to denounce others . He had to pay a tribute to the Stalinist dogma , conceiving a novel on Stalin 's childhood in 1939 . However , as the first published part of this work was not approved by the authorities , it was promptly discontinued and withdrawn from public libraries
purges
Great Purge
Konstantine Gamsakhurdia