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Yakov Sverdlov

1885 - 1919

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Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov (3 June [O.S. 22 May] 1885 – 16 March 1919) was a Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician. A key Bolshevik organizer of the October Revolution of 1917, Sverdlov served as chairman of the Secretariat of the Russian Communist Party from 1918 until his death in 1919, and as chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee (head of state) from 1917 until his death in 1919. Born in Nizhny Novgorod to a Jewish family active in revolutionary politics, Sverdlov joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1902 and supported Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik faction from 1903. He was active in the Urals during the failed Revolution of 1905, and over the next decade was subjected to constant imprisonment and exile. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yakov Sverdlov is the 2,181st most popular politician (down from 1,832nd in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from Russia (down from 176th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular Russian Politician.

Yakov Sverdlov was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary and the first Soviet head of state. He was also the first president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union.

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Among politicians, Yakov Sverdlov ranks 2,181 out of 19,576. Before him are Euric, Userkaf, António Costa, Gyeongjong of Joseon, Alassane Ouattara, and Elisa Bonaparte. After him are Mike Pence, Leopoldo Galtieri, Helenus, Antiochus II Theos, Jingtai Emperor, and Gwanggaeto the Great.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Yakov Sverdlov ranks 30. Before him are Mikhail Frunze, Heinrich Brüning, Vladimir Tatlin, Chester W. Nimitz, Kato Svanidze, and Sonia Delaunay. After him are George Minot, Sabina Spielrein, Tomoyuki Yamashita, Karl Radek, Sinclair Lewis, and Hermann Weyl. Among people deceased in 1919, Yakov Sverdlov ranks 19. Before him are Ruggero Leoncavallo, Georg von Hertling, Andrew Carnegie, Carl Larsson, William Crookes, and Princess Charlotte of Prussia. After him are Ismail Qemali, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, L. Frank Baum, Johannes Rydberg, Loránd Eötvös, and Milan Rastislav Štefánik.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yakov Sverdlov ranks 188 out of 3,761. Before him are Anna Netrebko (1971), Andrey Vlasov (1901), Alexander Herzen (1812), Ivan Krylov (1769), Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (1708), and Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov (1928). After him are Andrei Tupolev (1888), Sergei Diaghilev (1872), Marina Tsvetaeva (1892), Öz Beg Khan (1282), Seraphim of Sarov (1754), and Vladimir Solovyov (1853).

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Among POLITICIANS In Russia

Among politicians born in Russia, Yakov Sverdlov ranks 62. Before him are Lyudmila Putina (1958), Genrikh Yagoda (1891), Alexander Kolchak (1874), False Dmitry I (1581), Eduard Limonov (1943), and Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (1708). After him are Öz Beg Khan (1282), Felix Yusupov (1887), Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia (1690), Ivan I of Moscow (1288), Vasily II of Moscow (1415), and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1875).

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