Lazar Abramovich Shatskin (Russian: Лазарь Абрамович Шацкин; born in Suwałki in 1902) was a Soviet and Communist International functionary and one of the founders of Komsomol.
He was born to a wealthy family of Polish Jewish origin. [1] Joining the Bolshevik party in May 1917, he took part in establishment a number of youth organizations: МК РКСМ (Russian Young Communist League by the Moscow Committee of Bolshevik Party), Moscow Union of Working Youth, Komsomol, and the Young Communist International. [2]
First Secretary of the YCI (1919–1921), First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Russian Young Communist League (ЦК РКСМ, 1921–1922).
In 1930 he was a member of a group in opposition to Joseph Stalin, which Stalin described as " Right-Leftist bloc" (Право-левацкий блок). [3] In 1935 he was arrested, expelled from the Party, and shot in 1937.
References
- ^ Boris Bazhanov, "Memoirs of Stalin's Former Secretary" ("Воспоминания бывшего секретаря Сталина"
- ^ "ОН СОЗДАЛ КОМСОМОЛ" Archived 2013-12-21 at the Wayback Machine ("He Creatied Komsomol")
- ^ Vadim Rogovin, "Power and Oppositions" (" Власть и оппозиции")
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Lazar Abramovich Shatskin (Russian: Лазарь Абрамович Шацкин; born in Suwałki in 1902) was a Soviet and Communist International functionary and one of the founders of Komsomol.
He was born to a wealthy family of Polish Jewish origin. [1] Joining the Bolshevik party in May 1917, he took part in establishment a number of youth organizations: МК РКСМ (Russian Young Communist League by the Moscow Committee of Bolshevik Party), Moscow Union of Working Youth, Komsomol, and the Young Communist International. [2]
First Secretary of the YCI (1919–1921), First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Russian Young Communist League (ЦК РКСМ, 1921–1922).
In 1930 he was a member of a group in opposition to Joseph Stalin, which Stalin described as " Right-Leftist bloc" (Право-левацкий блок). [3] In 1935 he was arrested, expelled from the Party, and shot in 1937.
References
- ^ Boris Bazhanov, "Memoirs of Stalin's Former Secretary" ("Воспоминания бывшего секретаря Сталина"
- ^ "ОН СОЗДАЛ КОМСОМОЛ" Archived 2013-12-21 at the Wayback Machine ("He Creatied Komsomol")
- ^ Vadim Rogovin, "Power and Oppositions" (" Власть и оппозиции")
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