Nikolai Glebov-Avilov
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Nikolai Glebov-Avilov was a prominent Bolshevik
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Glebov-Avilov was the son of a cobbler
who started work in a printshop in Kaluga. He became a Bolshevik
in 1904, and during the 1905 Revolution, he was active in Moscow Kaluga and the Urals working in underground printshops, being hidden by the All-Russian Union of Railway Workers. Nevertheless he was subject to continual arrest. Between 1913 and 1914 he worked for Pravda
(Правда). He was a participant in the February Revolution
, 1917 in Tomsk
and Moscow. He became the first Commissar of Potel, the People's Commissariat for Post and Telegraph until December 1918.
In the summer of 1917 he participated in the Third All Russian Conference of Trade Unions
(20–28 June) in Petrograd), where he presented the Bolshevik view that:
The Conference adopted the Menshevik position by 76 votes to 63, but contained some inconsistencies: In order to prevent the unions becoming involved in the control of production, they insisted that the factory committees take overall responsibility in this area. At the same time, however, they called on the unions to make the factory committees their supports (opornye punkty) in the various locations, and to use them as implement their policies locally.
He was arrested on 19 September 1936 on charges of participating in a counter-revolutionary terrorist organization. He was accused of being a "wrecker
". He was sentenced to be shot on 12 March, 1937. He was rehabilitated on 7 July 1956.
Bolshevik
The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists , derived from bol'shinstvo, "majority") were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the Second Party Congress in 1903....
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Glebov-Avilov was the son of a cobbler
Shoemaking
Shoemaking is the process of making footwear. Originally, shoes were made one at a time by hand. Traditional handicraft shoemaking has now been largely superseded in volume of shoes produced by industrial mass production of footwear, but not necessarily in quality, attention to detail, or...
who started work in a printshop in Kaluga. He became a Bolshevik
Bolshevik
The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists , derived from bol'shinstvo, "majority") were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the Second Party Congress in 1903....
in 1904, and during the 1905 Revolution, he was active in Moscow Kaluga and the Urals working in underground printshops, being hidden by the All-Russian Union of Railway Workers. Nevertheless he was subject to continual arrest. Between 1913 and 1914 he worked for Pravda
Pravda
Pravda was a leading newspaper of the Soviet Union and an official organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party between 1912 and 1991....
(Правда). He was a participant in the February Revolution
February Revolution
The February Revolution of 1917 was the first of two revolutions in Russia in 1917. Centered around the then capital Petrograd in March . Its immediate result was the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, the end of the Romanov dynasty, and the end of the Russian Empire...
, 1917 in Tomsk
Tomsk
Tomsk is a city and the administrative center of Tomsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Tom River. One of the oldest towns in Siberia, Tomsk celebrated its 400th anniversary in 2004...
and Moscow. He became the first Commissar of Potel, the People's Commissariat for Post and Telegraph until December 1918.
In the summer of 1917 he participated in the Third All Russian Conference of Trade Unions
Third All Russian Conference of Trade Unions
The Third All Russian Conference of Trade Unions was the first national conference of trade unions held in Russia following the February Revolution. It was held in Petrograd 20–28 June 1917....
(20–28 June) in Petrograd), where he presented the Bolshevik view that:
- Economic Control Commissions should be attached to the central administration of the unions
- these Commissions should be made up of members of the Factory Committee
- these Commissions should co-operate with the Factory Committees in each individual enterprise.
- the Factory Committees should also be financially dependent upon the union.
The Conference adopted the Menshevik position by 76 votes to 63, but contained some inconsistencies: In order to prevent the unions becoming involved in the control of production, they insisted that the factory committees take overall responsibility in this area. At the same time, however, they called on the unions to make the factory committees their supports (opornye punkty) in the various locations, and to use them as implement their policies locally.
He was arrested on 19 September 1936 on charges of participating in a counter-revolutionary terrorist organization. He was accused of being a "wrecker
Wrecking (Soviet crime)
Wrecking , was a crime specified in the criminal code of the Soviet Union in the Stalin era. It is often translated as "sabotage"; however "wrecking" and "diversionist acts" and "counter-revolutionary sabotage" were distinct sub-articles of Article 58 , and the meaning of "wrecking" is closer to...
". He was sentenced to be shot on 12 March, 1937. He was rehabilitated on 7 July 1956.