Underground Organisation
Builds Bolshevik underground organisation after the revolution recedes.
Role range: 1898-1918 – 1907-1917
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Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov Biography and Timeline
Follow Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov through 11 dated historical records for Russia.
Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1907–1918Years on this page
1907
1917
July Days
Supports party organisation as the demonstrations develop.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
July Days
Helps maintain party discipline during the street actions.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
July Days
Works to preserve the party organisation after the crackdown.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
July Days
Helps rebuild party communications after arrests and raids.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
July Days
Helps stabilise party structures during the reaction.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
Bolshevik Soviet Organisation
Builds party organisation linked to Soviet power.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1917-1917
1918
Third Congress of Soviets
Sverdlov presides as the Third All-Russian Congress of Soviets consolidates Bolshevik authority after the Constituent Assembly's dissolution.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1918-1918
Moscow Becomes Soviet Capital
Sverdlov works from Moscow as the Soviet government establishes the city as the new national capital.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1918-1918
Fifth Congress of Soviets Opens
Sverdlov presides when the Fifth All-Russian Congress of Soviets opens amid growing conflict with the Left Socialist Revolutionaries.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1918-1918
RSFSR Constitution Adopted
Sverdlov presides as the Fifth Congress adopts the first constitution of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
Role range: 1917-1918 – 1918-1918
Records, sources and methodology
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