Konstantin Andreyevich Popov (October 29 (November 10), 1876, Omsk - December 5, 1949, Moscow ) - Russian revolutionary , social democrat , historian [1] . Chairman of the Extraordinary Commission of Inquiry in the case of A.V. Kolchak .
| Konstantin Popov | ||
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| Konstantin Andreevich Popov | ||
| Birth name | Popov Konstantin Andreevich | |
| Aliases | The black | |
| Date of Birth | October 29 ( November 10 ) 1876 | |
| Place of Birth | Omsk | |
| Date of death | December 5, 1949 ( 73) | |
| A place of death | Moscow | |
| Citizenship |  Russian empire  the USSR | |
| Occupation | historian | |
| Education | higher legal | |
| The consignment | RSDLP | |
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Interesting Biography Facts
- 3 Awards
- 4 memory
- 5 Books
- 6 notes
- 7 Literature
Biography
Born in the family of a petty official serving in the office of the Steppe Governor General . He was educated at the First Omsk Gymnasium , after graduating he entered the Law Faculty of the University of Derpt (Yuryev) in 1894, and graduated in 1898. The beginning of his political activity dates back to his time at university.
In 1898, after successful graduation, he received the title of candidate of law, was sent to St. Petersburg , to the office of the Treasury .
For relations with revolutionary groups in April 1899 he was arrested and imprisoned for 10 months in the Peter and Paul Fortress . After his release, he received permission to go to Kharkov , where he was soon again arrested and sent to first for 4 years in the Vyatka province , then, for revolutionary propaganda among the exiles - to Yakutia .
In 1905 he returned to Omsk, entered the committee of the RSDLP , taking key positions in it. Maneuvered between the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks , for some time ignoring the split. Participated in campaigning against the monarchy, one of the organizers of the West Siberian Party Conference, held in Omsk in September 1906. In November of that year, together with all participants in the conference, he was arrested and imprisoned in Omsk.
He won the trial in 1907: instead of hard labor, he was sentenced to other participants in the conference to 1 month of fortress and expelled from the Akmola region .
In the spring of 1907 he attended the London Congress of the RSDLP . After that, he again ended up in prison after returning to Russia, then - in exile in the Vologda province .
Since 1910, he conducted party work in Omsk: he restored the social democratic organization, collaborated in the press, and since 1911 he edited the journal Duma.
In early March 1917 he was elected chairman of the 1st Council of Workers 'and Soldiers' Deputies in Omsk, until mid-October of that year he led the united Social Democratic organization , took an active part in the establishment of Soviet power in Omsk. In White Guard circles he was considered the most educated figure in the Omsk State Department.
After the fall of Soviet power in June 1918, he was arrested by Czechs and Slovaks , in August 1919 he was taken out of the Omsk prison to the east in the "death train". He ran along the road and until 1920 worked in the Irkutsk underground. One of the leaders of the rebels against the power of Kolchak in December 1919 in Irkutsk underground. One of the main commanders of their armed units. One of the leaders of the pro-Eser Council of the People’s Administration of Irkutsk. He actively pursued a policy of Bolshevization of the Socialist Revolutionary authorities and agitation for the transfer of power to the Bolsheviks.
In January - February 1920, on behalf of the Siberian Revolutionary Committee , he conducted an investigation in the Kolchak case. Chairman of the Extraordinary Investigation Commission in the case of Kolchak and Viktor Pepelyaev , who pronounced both the death sentence [2] . Later, the investigation materials were published in the book “Interrogation of Kolchak”, published under his editorship in 1925.
In 1920-1922 he worked as a deputy (1920 - 2.1921), and then - chairman (3.2.1921 - 25.2.1922) of the Omsk Provincial Executive Committee [3] , a member of the provincial committee of the RCP (b).
Since the summer of 1922 he lived in Moscow, worked in the agitation and propaganda department of the Central Committee of the RCP (B.) . From October 17, 1924 - deputy. Chairman of the Anti-Religious Commission under the Central Committee of the RCP (B.) .
In 1928 he went to work at the Institute of the Red Professor . In the last years of his life, he taught at the Moscow Historical and Archival Institute [4] .
He died in Moscow on December 5, 1949.
Interesting Biography Facts
In the gendarmerie, Omsk was nicknamed "Black" [5] .
Rewards
- Order of the Red Banner of Labor (11/11/1946)
Memory
In 1977, one of the streets of Omsk was named in honor of Konstantin Popov.
Books
- Interrogation of Kolchak / Ed. K. A. Popova. - Leningrad: State Publishing House, 1925. - 235 p.
Notes
- ↑ Chronos: Konstantin Andreevich Popov
- ↑ Kolchak Alexander Vasilievich
- ↑ History of the Communist Party and the Soviet Union 1898-1991
- ↑ Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia. Popov Konstantin Andreevich
- ↑ AiF in Omsk: “Black” Popov. In Omsk, organized an exhibition in honor of the leader of the revolution
Literature
- Cherepanin N.V. Konstantin Andreevich Popov // Questions of the history of the CPSU, 1977, No. 3, pp. 110-114
- Mikheev A.P. Popov Konstantin Andreevich // Vibe P.P., Mikheev A.P., Pugacheva N.M. Omsk Historical and Local Lore Dictionary. M., 1994 .-- S. 211
- Shumilov A. Popov Konstantin Andreevich // For the power of the Soviets! - Omsk: Prince. Publishing House, 1987, Vol. 2. - S. 152-158