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Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov, based on 11 World History Database records associated with Russia.

11 records1907–19187 events3 places

Chronological biography

1907

Underground Organisation1907
Politics / Russian Social Democratic Labour Party · Bolshevik Organiser · Russia

Builds Bolshevik underground organisation after the revolution recedes.

1917

July Days3 July 1917
Revolution / Revolution of Russia · Bolshevik Leader · Petrograd

Supports party organisation as the demonstrations develop.

July Days4 July 1917
Revolution / Revolution of Russia · Bolshevik Leader · Petrograd

Helps maintain party discipline during the street actions.

July Days6 July 1917
Revolution / Revolution of Russia · Bolshevik Leader · Petrograd

Works to preserve the party organisation after the crackdown.

July Days11 July 1917
Revolution / Revolution of Russia · Bolshevik Leader · Petrograd

Helps rebuild party communications after arrests and raids.

July Days13 July 1917
Revolution / Revolution of Russia · Bolshevik Leader · Petrograd

Helps stabilise party structures during the reaction.

Bolshevik Soviet Organisation26 September 1917
Revolution / Revolution of Russia · Bolshevik Leader · Petrograd

Builds party organisation linked to Soviet power.

1918

Third Congress of Soviets10 January 1918
Revolution / Revolution of Russia · Chairman of Central Executive Committee · Petrograd

Sverdlov presides as the Third All-Russian Congress of Soviets consolidates Bolshevik authority after the Constituent Assembly's dissolution.

Moscow Becomes Soviet Capital12 March 1918
Revolution / Revolution of Russia · Chairman of Central Executive Committee · Moscow

Sverdlov works from Moscow as the Soviet government establishes the city as the new national capital.

Fifth Congress of Soviets Opens4 July 1918
Revolution / Revolution of Russia · Chairman of Central Executive Committee · Moscow

Sverdlov presides when the Fifth All-Russian Congress of Soviets opens amid growing conflict with the Left Socialist Revolutionaries.

RSFSR Constitution Adopted10 July 1918
Revolution / Revolution of Russia · Chairman of Central Executive Committee · Moscow

Sverdlov presides as the Fifth Congress adopts the first constitution of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

Titles and roles

Bolshevik Leader · Bolshevik Organiser · Chairman of Central Executive Committee

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.