sentences:  In the early 1919 Boris Fomin volunteered for the Red Army.As a realschule graduate, he was sent to work at the repair and restoration of frontline railways, but enjoyed himself as a performing artist too, often staging one-man-shows upon the wagon platforms.In 1921 Fomin returned to Moscow and wrote the music for the operetta "Career of Pirpoint Black", with lyrics by Konstantin Podrevsky and Alexey Fayko.