David Vladimirovich Soskis ( born David Soskice , pseudonyms D. Saturin, D. Albionov, D. Ford ; March 27, 1866 , Berdichev - June 28, 1941 , Surrey ) - Russian revolutionary, journalist.
| David Vladimirovich Soskis | |
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| Aliases | D. Saturin, D. Albionov, D. Ford |
| Date of Birth | March 27, 1866 |
| Place of Birth | Berdichev , Kiev Province , Russian Empire |
| Date of death | June 28, 1941 (aged 75) |
| Place of death | Surrey , UK |
| Citizenship |  Russian empire  British empire |
| Occupation | Revolutionary , journalist |
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Biography
Born in 1866 to the Jewish family of merchant Wolf Soskis and his wife Basi Liba Soskis.
He studied law in Kiev , Petersburg and Odessa . He joined the revolutionaries, was arrested several times.
In 1893 he emigrated to Switzerland , and then in 1898 to England . He married Anna Sophia Johansen (Anna Sophia Johansen), the daughter of a Russian judge of Norwegian descent, who gave birth to his son Victor (1895-1986). The marriage broke up in 1902. The second time he married on September 20, 1902 with Juliet Huffer, daughter of music critic Francis Huffer and granddaughter of artist Ford Madox Brown . He was familiar with Edward and Constance Garnett .
Under pseudonyms he collaborated in the newspapers Stolichnaya Pochta, Tovarishch, and the magazines Beginning and Life.
He joined the Agrarian-Socialist League, and then the Party of Socialist Revolutionaries . He worked at the Free Russian Press Fund. In 1905, he edited the magazine of the Society of Friends of Russian Freedom, βFree Russiaβ (βFree Russiaβ), temporarily replacing the editor Felix Volkhovsky .
When, after Bloody Sunday, the rebellious priest George Gapon fled to England, he hid for some time in the house of Soskis in the London district of Hammersmith . At this time, Soskis, together with George Herbert Perris, based on Gapon's stories, wrote his biography βThe story of my lifeβ , published under the name of Gapon [1] .
After the announcement of the amnesty in November 1905, he returned to Russia. In 1905-1908 he was a correspondent for the daily newspaper The Tribune .
In the summer of 1917, again in Russia. Personal Secretary of Alexander Kerensky . He was a correspondent for The Manchester Guardian . During the October Revolution, he was in the Winter Palace, after which he fled from Russia.
In the years 1921-1922. He was a member of the "London Committee to help the hungry in Russia." In 1924 he received British citizenship.
He died in Surrey on June 28, 1941 .
Family
Soskis's son Frank Soskis (1902-1976) was a member of the British Parliament and Home Secretary of the Labor Government of Harold Wilson , he was granted the title of Baron.
Compositions
- Gibbins B., Saturin D. History of modern England. SPb., 1901.
- Saturin D. India and its grief. Rostov-on-Don. 1906
- Saturin D. How the Irish peasants got the land. Rostov-on-Don. 1906
- German emperor and people. Rostov-on-Don. 1907.
- D. Saturin. The history of periodicals in England.
- Political system and political parties in Zap. Europe and North. Americas. Comp. States // England.
- David Soskice's Reminiscences, in Martin McCauley, ed., The Russian Revolution and the Soviet State. London, 1975.
Archival funds
- Stow Hill Papers - Soskis papers in the archives of the British Parliament.
- GARF . F. R-6398. Personal fund of David Vladimirovich Soskis. Documents were archived as part of the former RZIA in 1946.
Links
- Soskice; David Vladimir (1866-1941); Russian campaigner
- LOOKS FOR CIVIL WAR .; Kerensky's Secretary Sure Bolsheviki Cannot Keep Power. - Soskis interview with the New York Times on November 23, 1917.