Born in the family of a worker of the Minyar metallurgical plant; received primary education; joined the Bolshevik party at the age of 15 (1905); called to the military service (1915); revolutionary agitator; chairman, Perm City Executive Committee (1918); served as political commissar in the Red Army during the Civil War; headed the Chelyabinsk province party organization; elected to the Party Central Committee as a candidate member (1921-23) and later as full member (1923-1937); chairman, governing board of the South Urals plants (1920-1922); chairman, Urals province executve committee (1923-1926); secretary, Urals province party organization (1926-1927); first deputy to the USSR people's commissar for transportation (22 Feb 1927 - 3 Nov 1930); was elected full member of the Orgburo (16 Apr 1927 - 26 Jun 1930); chairman, RSFSR Council of People's Commissars (from 3 Nov 1930); was expelled from the Central Committee at plenum (23 Jun 1937); arrested (27/28 Jun 1937); sentenced to death on 27 Nov 1937. Biography source: [2] |
