793
NAME INDEX
In 1890, emigrated to Britain,
where he took an active part
in the labour movement and in
establishing
the
Communist
Party of Great Britain in 1920.
Wrote for the Russian and
foreign socialist press. In 1920,
returned to Russia, and from
1921 to 1930, engaged in diplo-
matic work—212, 254, 599
Rozanov,
Vladimir Nikolayevich
(1872- 1934)—surgeon.
From
1910, head of the surgical
department of the Soldaten-
kovskaya Hospital (now named
after S. P. Botkin). Took part
in the treatment of Lenin.
Founder and editor of a num-
ber of magazines on surgery—
557
Rozengolts,
Arkady
Pavlovich
(1889- 1938)—Party
member
from 1905. During the October
Revolution, member of the
Moscow Military Revolution-
ary Committee. During the
Civil War, member of the
Revolutionary Military Coun-
cils of a number of armies and
fronts; later, was engaged in
military, diplomatic and gov-
ernment work. In 1922, mem-
ber of the Collegium of the
People’s
Commissariat
for
Finance. In 1937 was expelled
from the Party for anti- Party
activities—561
Rozhkov,
Nikolai Alexandrovich
(1868- 1927)—historian
and
publicist, Menshevik. During the
foreign military intervention
and the Civil War fought
against the Soviet power. Later,
broke with the Mensheviks and
was engaged in teaching, sci-
entific and administrative work
—457, 598
Rudzutak,
Jan
Ernestovich
(1887- 1938)—Party
member
from 1905. From 1919, mem-
ber of the Turkestan Commis-
sion. From 1920, member of
the R.C.P.(B.) Central Com-
mittee; member of the Presid-
ium and General Secretary of
the All-Russia Central Trade
Union Council. In 1921- 24,
Chairman of the Central Asian
Bureau of the R.C.P.(B.) Cen-
tral Committee. In 1924- 30,
People’s Commissar for Rail-
ways. From 1932, Chairman
of the C.P.S.U.(B.) Central
Control Commission and Peo-
ple’s Commissar for Work-
ers’ and Peasants’ Inspection
of the U.S.S.R.—72, 161, 247,
419, 502, 533, 599
Rukhimovich,
M. L. (1889-1939)
—Party member from 1913.
In 1921, Chairman of the
Donets
Gubernia
Executive
Committee and Manager of the
“Donugol”
and
“Khimugol”
trusts. From 1925, Chairman
of the Ukrainian Supreme Eco-
nomic Council; later, Deputy
Chairman
of
the
U.S.S.R.
Supreme
Economic
Council.
From 1930, People’s Commis-
sar for Railways; from 1936
People’s Commissar for the
Defence Industry—264, 265,
321, 332- 34, 381
Runov,
Tikhon
Alexandrovich
1886-1941)—agronomist. From
1919, Chairman of the Central
Administration for the Farms
of Industrial Enterprises of the
Republic. In 1921, one of the
organisers of the first All-
Russia Agricultural Exhibition
in Moscow; worked on land im-
provement in the Moscow area
—268- 69, 315, 513
Rutgers, Sebald J. (1879-1961)—
Dutch engineer, Communist.
In 1921- 26, headed the inter-
national
autonomous
indus-
trial colony in the Kuznetsk
Basin—304, 320, 334- 35, 338,
339, 412, 522, 562
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NAME INDEX
Ruthenberg,
Charles Emile (1882-
1927)—a founder and leader
of the Communist Party of the
United States. Member of the
Comintern Executive Commit-
tee. In 1921, elected Secretary
of the U.S. Communist Party’s
Central Committee—368
Ryazanov (
Goldendach),
David
Borisovich (1870-1938)—Social-
Democrat, Menshevik; joined
the Bolshevik Party in August
1917. After the October Revo-
lution, worked in the trade
unions; during the discussion
on the trade unions in 1920-21,
took an anti-Party stand and
was removed from trade union
work.
From
1921,
Director
of the Institute of Marx and
Engels. In 1931 was expelled
from the Party for his support
of the Mensheviks’ counter-
revolutionary activity—80, 309
Rykov,
Alexei Ivanovich (1881-
1938)—Party
member
from
1899. After the October Revo-
lution, People’s Commissar for
Internal Affairs, Chairman of
the Supreme Economic Council,
Deputy Chairman of the Council
of People’s Commissars and
the Council of Labour and
Defence. In 1919-20, Extraor-
dinary Representative of the
Council of Defence for Red
Army
and
Navy
Supplies;
Chairman of the Council of
People’s Commissars of the
U.S.S.R. and the R.S.F.S.R.;
member of the C.C. Polit-
bureau. Repeatedly opposed the
Party’s
Leninist
policy.
In
1937 was expelled from the
C.P.S.U.(B.) for anti- Party ac-
tivities—65, 75, 96, 104, 107,
114, 115, 116, 123, 170, 203,
219, 221, 226, 268, 349, 396,
517, 520, 521-23, 529, 534,
538-39, 550, 551, 552, 554, 556,
558, 560, 561, 566, 571, 605
Rykunov, M. V. (1884-1937)—
Party member from 1903. In
1921-22, member of the Col-
legium of the People’s Com-
missariat for Foreign Trade;
from 1922, Deputy People’s
Commissar for Agriculture and
Chief of the Water Economy
of Turkestan and later Chief
of the Central Asia Water
Resources Administration and
deputy representative of the
Council of Labour and De-
fence in Central Asia—192, 365
S
Safarov,
G. I. (1891-1942)—Par-
ty member from 1908. In 1921,
member of the Turkestan Bu-
reau of the R.C.P.(B.) Cen-
tral Committee, then member
of the Executive Committee
of the Comintern, head of the
Eastern Department of the
Comintern. At the Fourteenth
C.P.S.U.(B.) Congress, joined
the New Opposition, then the
Trotsky-Zinoviev bloc. In 1927
was expelled from the Party; in
1928, reinstated and in 1934
expelled again for anti-Party
activity—246, 297, 417-18, 535
Samarin,
V. I.—378
Sammer,
Ivan Adamovich (1870-
1921)—joined the revolution-
ary movement in 1897; Social-
Democrat,
Bolshevik.
From
1919, worked in Centrosoyuz;
later, President of the All-
Ukraine Union of Consumers’
Societies and representative of
the Ukrainian People’s Com-
missariat for Foreign Trade—
179, 440
Sapronov, Timofei Vladimirovich
(1887-1939)—Party
member
from 1912. After the October
Revolution, Chairman of the
Moscow
Gubernia
Executive