Yakov Mikhaylovich Sverdlov, Russian Bolshevik
Yakov Mikhaylovich Sverdlov (1885-1919), also known under the pseudonyms Andrei, Mikhalych, Max, Smirnov and Permyakov'. He was a Bolshevik party leader and an official of the Russian Soviet Republic, involved in the 1905 and 1917 revolutions. He ordered the execution of Tsar Nicholas II and his family -- Yekaterinburg where they died was renamed Sverdlovsk in 1924 in his honour, not reverting to its original name until 1991
Picture No
10697381
Media ID
46098184
Size
5000px x 3176px
(5.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / John Massey Stewart Collection
Source
Reproduction of an unattributed painting on a postcard from the John Massey Stewart Collection
Date
early 20th century
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Andrei Bolshevik Mikhaylovich Ordered Revolutions Smirnov Sverdlov Sverdlovsk Yakov Yekaterinburg
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