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Also known as Mikhail Pavlovich Tomsky

Soviet politician (1880-1936)

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Preceded by
Post established
Succeeded by
Alexander Dogadov
President
Solomon Lozovsky
Born
Mikhail Pavlovich Yefremov , ( 1880-10-31 ) 31 October 1880, Kolpino , Saint Petersburg Governorate , Russian Empire
Died
22 August 1936 (1936-08-22) (aged 55), Bolshevo , Moscow Oblast , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union
Party
RSDLP ( Bolsheviks ) (1904–1918) , Russian Communist Party (1918–1936)
Occupation
Lithographer, Trade union functionary

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Mikhail
Gender
male
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Place of birth
Kolpino
Place of death
Korolyov
Occupation
trade unionist
Position held
general secretary
Languages spoken
Russian
Field of work
labor movement
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Commons category
Mikhail Tomsky
date of birth
1880-10-19
date of death
1936-08-22
manner of death
Suicide
cause of death
gunshot wound
name in native language
Михаил Павлович Томский
birth name
Mihail Pavlovics Jefremov
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Encyclopedic overview

Mikhail Pavlovich Tomsky (Russian: Михаи́л Па́влович То́мский), born Mikhail Pavlovich Yefremov (Russian: Ефре́мов) (31 October 1880 – 22 August 1936) was a factory worker, trade unionist, and Soviet politician. He was the Chairman of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions in the 1920s.

In his youth, Tomsky worked at the Smirnov Engineering factory in St. Petersburg, but was eventually dismissed from that job for attempting to organise a trade union. His labour activities radicalized him politically and led him to become a socialist and join the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1904 and eventually join the Bolshevik faction of the party.

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