Yakov Sverdlov

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Bolshevik Soviet statesman human revolutionary

Yakov Sverdlov was a prominent Bolshevik revolutionary and early Soviet statesman who served as the first head of state of Soviet Russia following the October Revolution.

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Yakov Sverdlov (as Sverdlovsk) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bolshevik ⓘ
Soviet statesman ⓘ
human ⓘ
revolutionary ⓘ
burialPlace Kremlin Wall Necropolis ⓘ
causeOfDeath Spanish flu ⓘ
child Andrei Sverdlov ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
dateOfBirth 1885-06-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1919-03-16 ⓘ
era early Soviet period ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish ⓘ
familyName Sverdlov ⓘ
father Mikhail Sverdlov ⓘ
givenName Yakov ⓘ
headOfGovernment Council of People's Commissars ⓘ
surface form: Council of People’s Commissars of the RSFSR
ideology Bolshevism ⓘ
languageSpoken Russian ⓘ
memberOf Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form: Bolshevik faction

Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form: Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)

Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form: Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
movement Marxism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
namedAfter Yekaterinburg ⓘ
surface form: city of Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg)
notableWork consolidation of Soviet power after October Revolution ⓘ
organization of Bolshevik Party apparatus ⓘ
participantIn Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: October Revolution

Russian Civil War ⓘ
Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
placeOfBirth Nizhny Novgorod ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
placeOfDeath Moscow ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
politicalParty Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form: Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks)
positionHeld Chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee ⓘ
de facto head of state of Soviet Russia ⓘ
religion atheism ⓘ
residence Yekaterinburg ⓘ
surface form: Ekaterinburg

Moscow ⓘ
Nizhny Novgorod ⓘ
Leningrad ⓘ
surface form: Petrograd
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Andrei Sverdlov ⓘ
surface form: Veniamin Sverdlov
significantEvent arrest and exile under the Tsarist regime ⓘ
election as Chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee in 1917 ⓘ
spouse Klavdiya Sverdlova ⓘ
workLocation Moscow ⓘ
Leningrad ⓘ
surface form: Petrograd

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Yekaterinburg → namedAfter → Yakov Sverdlov ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yakov Sverdlov (as Sverdlovsk)
Kremlin Wall Necropolis → notableBurial → Yakov Sverdlov ⓘ