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lution, worked in Soviet eco-
nomic establishments—447
Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925)—out-
standing Chinese revolution-
ary democrat and statesman—
452
Sverdlov,
Yakov
Mikhailovich
(1885-1919)—prominent leader
of the Communist Party and
the Soviet state, member of
the Party from 1901. Took an
active part in preparing and
carrying
out
the
October
Revolution. Member of the
Petrograd Military Revolution-
ary Committee and the Mili-
tary Revolutionary Centre for
directing the uprising set up
by the Party’s Central Com-
mittee. In 1917-19, headed the
Central Committee Secretariat.
From November 1917, Chair-
man of the All-Russia Central
Executive Committee—414
Svidersky, Alexander Ivanovich
(1878- 1933)—Party
member
from 1899. From May 1921
member of the Collegium of
the People’s Commissariat for
Workers’ and Peasants’ Inspec-
tion. Repeatedly elected to the
All- Russia and the U.S.S.R.
Central
Executive
Commit-
ee—60, 61, 62, 156, 281, 570,
596
Syromolotov,
Fyodor Fyodorovich
(b. 1877)—Party member from
1897. After the October Revo-
lution, member of the Presidi-
um of the Supreme Economic
Council, member of the Nar-
row Council of People’s Com-
missars, the Presidium of the
U.S.S.R. State Planning Com-
mission—421
Syrtsov,
Sergei Ivanovich (1893-
1938)—Party
member
from
1913. In 1920- 21, Secretary of
the Odessa Gubernia Party
Committee. During the discus-
sion on the trade unions in 1920-
21, supported Trotsky’s plat-
form. In 1921-26, worked in
the Central Committee’s appa-
ratus. In 1929, Chairman of
the
R.S.F.S.R.
Council
of
People’s Commissars—111
T
Taratuta,
Viktor Konstantinovich
(1881- 1926)—Party
member
from 1898. In 1919- 26, Busi-
ness Manager of the Supreme
Economic
Council,
Deputy
Chairman
of
the
Chemical
Department
of
the
S.E.C.,
Chairman of the Mossukno Trust
Board; Chairman of the Board
of the Foreign Trade Bank—
178
Teodorovich,
Ivan
Adolfovich
(1875-1940)—started his revo-
lutionary
activity
in
1895,
Bolshevik. From 1920, mem-
ber of the Collegium of the
People’s
Commissariat
for
Agriculture—134, 190, 226, 380,
406-07, 417, 551, 584, 589-90
Ter-Gabrielyan,
Saak Mirzoyevich
(1886-1937)—Party
member
from 1902. After the February
1917 revolution, member of the
Presidium of the Baku Soviet
of Workers’ Deputies from
the Bolshevik group. Later,
worked in Moscow as a member
of the Collegium of the Cen-
tral Oil Administration, mem-
ber of the Revolutionary Com-
mittee of Armenia and of the
All-Russia Cheka. From 1921,
permanent representative of
Armenia and then of the Trans-
caucasian S.F.S.R. in Moscow.
From 1928 to 1935, Chairman
of the Armenian Council of
People’s Commissars—62
Teumin,
Isaak
Vladimirovich
(1872-1936)—Party
member
from 1920. From July 1921,
representative
of
the
Peo-
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ple’s Commissariat for Foreign
Trade in Byelorussia; later, in
the Kirghiz Republic—329
Thalheimer, August (1884-1948)
—German
Social- Democrat,
publicist. In 1918- 23, member
of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of Germany
and editor of its Central Organ,
Die Rote Fahne. From 1923, one
of the leaders of Right-wing
opportunists.
In
1929
was
expelled from the Party—187
Tikhanov,
A. S. (1865-1940)—
from 1917 to 1932, professor
of the Institute of Civil En-
gineers and other higher in-
stitutions in Leningrad. From
1920, worked at the State In-
stitute for the Designing of
Metalworking Plants—174
Tikhomirov,
Vladimir Alexeyevich
(1895- 1955)—Party
member
from 1919. In 1921-24, member
of the Centrosoyuz Board—
503
Tikhvinsky,
M. M. (1868-1921)—
chemical engineer. After the
October Revolution, professor
of the Petrograd Technological
and Mining Institute and head
of the Laboratory Department
of the Central Oil Administra-
tion under the Supreme Eco-
nomic Council. Took part in
a plot against the Soviet pow-
er in 1921—283
Timiryazev, Kliment Arkadyevich
(1843-1920)—Russian natural-
ist, prominent botanist and
physiologist—584
Tomsky,
Mikhail Pavlovich (1880-
1936)—Party
member
from
1904. After the October Revo-
lution, Chairman of the Mos-
cow Council of Trade Unions.
From 1919, Chairman of the
Presidium of the All-Russia
Central Trade Union Council.
Member
of
the
R.C.P.(B.)
Central Committee from the
Eighth Party Congress (March
1919), later, member of the
R.C.P.(B.)
C.C.
Politbureau.
Repeatedly opposed the Party’s
Leninist policy. In 1928- 29, a
leader
of
the
Right- wing
opportunist deviation in the
Party—114,
135,
161,
246,
297, 564, 566, 599
Trifonov,
V. A. (1888-1938)—
Party member from 1904. From
June 1921, Deputy Chief of
the Central Fuel Administra-
tion under the Supreme Eco-
nomic Council and Chairman of
the Board of the All-Russia
Oil Syndicate—84, 336, 361,
411
Trofimov, K. V. (1894-1937)—
Party member from 1917. From
1921, member of the Collegium
of the People’s Commissariat
for Posts and Telegraphs—
545
Trotsky (
Bronstein),
Lev Davy-
dovich (1879-1940)—member of
the
R.S.D.L.P.
from
1897,
Menshevik.
Returned
from
emigration after the February
revolution in 1917, joined the
Mezhraiontsi group with whom
he was admitted to the Bol-
shevik Party at the Sixth
R.S.D.L.P.(B.)
Congress
in
1917. However, Trotsky did not
adopt the Bolshevik stand and
continued to lead an open and
secret fight against Lenin and
the Party’s policy. After the
October Revolution, People’s
Commissar for Foreign Affairs
People’s Commissar for Mili-
tary and Naval Affairs, Peo-
ple’s Commissar for Railways,
Chairman of the Revolution-
ary Military Council of the
Republic, member of the Cen-
tral Committee Politbureau and
of the Comintern Executive
Committee. In 1920- 21, headed
the opposition in the discus-