Boris Pilnyak
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Andreyevich and the family name is Pilnyak.
Boris Andreyevich Pilnyak (né Vogau Russian: Бори́с Андре́евич Пильня́к; October 11 [O.S. September 29] 1894 – April 21, 1938) was a Russian and Soviet writer who was executed by the Soviet Union on false claims of plotting to kill Joseph Stalin and Nikolay Yezhov.