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Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov (3 June [O.S. 22 May] 1885 – 16 March 1919) was a Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician who served as Chairman of the Secretariat of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) from 1918 until his death in 1919, and as Chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (head of state of the Russian SFSR ...
May 30, 2024 · Yakov Mikhaylovich Sverdlov (born May 22 [June 3, New Style], 1885, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia—died March 16, 1919, Moscow) was a Soviet Communist Party leader and government official. His organizational skills and mastery of personnel made him a key figure in the Bolshevik Party in 1917–18.
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Jun 3, 2015 · June 3, 1885 is the birthdate of Yakov Sverdlov, the Bolshevik agitator who helped Vladimir Lenin to realize his vision and was even briefly the head of state of the Russian Soviet Socialist Federal Republic.
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Russian; head of state 1917–19 Sverdlov was the son of a Jewish engraver. He joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) in 1901 and became active in the underground, taking advantage of his father's printing facilities.
Feb 23, 2017 · This biography of Yakov Sverdlov (1885–1919) was written by Klavdiya Sverdlova, his wife and companion. She shared his life in the revolutionary underground and suffered arrest and exile with him.
Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov was a Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician who served as Chairman of the Secretariat of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) from 1918 until his death in 1919, and as Chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee from 1917 until his death.
Yakov Sverdlov: February to October 1917 CHARLES DUVAL, Jr. At the March Party Conference of Bolsheviks (27 March-4 April 1917),x the Leninists were faced with the problem of consolidating their forces. Lenin was quite frank about their failure to influence the February Revolution: Why didn't you seize power? Steklov says it was because of this ...
