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Kiev,
Jewish.
Abramovich
was
a
graduate
of Bestuzhev
courses.
She
was
a
professional revolutionary.
Her first
arrest
came
in 1886 after which she
was
sent
to
Kazan. In 1887
Abramovich
went
to
Paris where she
attended
Paris
University
and
worked in
Marxist circles. She returned
to
Petersburg
in
1897,
was
imprisoned
for
2
years and then
exiled
for
5 years
to
Eastern Siberia. Between 1915
and
1917
Abramovich
worked for
various social-democratic
organisations including
the Bolsheviks. After
1917,
already
a
member of
RKP,
she worked for
Narkompros.
She committed suicide in 1920 after her son's death of
typhoid.
Adamovich
Evgeniia Nikolaevna,
1872-1938 born in Poltava
province.
Her father
was
a
landowner.
She
was
a
graduate
of
Tartu
University.
Adamovich
joined
the
revolutionary
movement
in 1892. In 1893
came
her first
arrest.
She became
a
member
of RSDRP in 1903.
In 1912
she
was
a
secretary
of Kharkov RSDRP
(b).
Between
1913 and 1917 Adamovich
was
in internal
exile,
first in Pechora and then in Yakutsk
provinces.
On her release in
February
1917
she returned
to
Petersburg
where she
worked
as
secretary
in Vasilii
Ostrovskii
district
party
committee and in the culture
and edication
department
of the State Duma.
During
the 1917 Revolution Adamovich
worked in
Petrograd
VRK. Her
post-revolutionary
work centred
on
education and
party
history.
Agadzhanova
Nina
(Nune)
Ferdinandovna
(mar. Shutko),
1889-1974
born
in
Yekaterinodar
into
a
merchant
family.
There she studied
at
teacher
training
courses.
She
joined
the RSDRP
(b)
in 1907. For the
party
she worked in
Voronezh,
Orel,
Moscow,
Ivanovo-Voznesensk and
Petersburg.
In
1914-15
she
was
a
member
of
Vyborg
party
committee and
one
of the editors of 'Rabotnitsa'.
During
the
1917
Revolution
Agadzhanova
worked in
Petrograd
and
Vyborg
RSDRP
(b).
During
the
Civil
War
she worked
underground
in southern Russia. Later she worked
as
a
senior
secretary
of the
Byelorussian
VRK and
a
diplomat. Agadzhanova
wrote
script
for
Eisenstein's
'Battleship
Potemkin'. She
was
imprisoned
five times and exiled twice.
Aksel'rod Liubov'
Isaakovna
1868-1946
(party
name
'Orthodox')
born in Vilnius
province
to
a
land-owning family.
In the 1890s she studied abroad. She
joined
the
revolutionary
movement
in 1884. In 1903 she
joined
RSDRP
(m).
From 1887
to
1906
Liubov
lived
abroad.
Orthodox
was
a
well-known
Menshevik
theorist
and
philosopher.
In 1917 she
was a
member of the Menshevik CC.
Aladzhalova Nina
Nikitichna,
1881-1964 born in
Nakhichevan-on-Don
to
a
wealthy
family.
In 1897 she
graduated
from Rostov music school and in 1900
passed
exams
to
become
a
governess. Aladzhalova
joined
RSDRP in 1902. Her
party
work
was
mainly
in the Caucasus. She worked
as a
Sunday
school teacher and
a
propagandist (1903-5),
participated
in
setting
up
an
illegal printing
house
(1906),
manufactured bombs and
explosives,
organised
escapes from
prisons.
1904-1906
Aladzhalova
was a
technical

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secretary
of the Caucasian Joint
RSDRP
Committee. Between 1906 and 1912 she
lived
abroad
for
medical
reasons
but
continued
her
party
work there.
In
1916
Aladzhalova
helped
to
establish the Dress-makers' and Tailors' Trade Union. After
the
February
Revolution
she
was
elected Bolshevik
deputy
to
the
Soviet
in the
Caucasus.
She
was
imprisoned
several times.
Aladzhalova worked for the
party
(zhenotdel,
party
collegiate)
until 1940.
Andreeva Mariia Fedorovna
(nee Yurkovskaia),
1868-1953 born in
Petersburg.
Mariia
joined
the RSDRP in 1904. She
was a
professional
actress.
In 1905 she edited
the
Bolshevik
newspaper
Novaia
Zhizn.
From
1906
to
1913
she
lived
abroad
gathering
funds for the
party
and
helping
to
transport
illegal
literature into Russia. She
was
Gorky's
common-law wife.
Armand Inessa Fedorovna
(nee Steffen,
party
name
-
Elena
Fedorovna),
1874-
1920 born in Paris
to
an
artist's
family.
Her father
was
English
and her mother
was
French. Her initial education
was
at
home and later she attended Brussels
University.
Armand
joined
the RSDRP in 1904. 1905-7 she worked for the
party
in Moscow. As
a
professional revolutionary
she worked both in Russia and abroad. She died of cholera
and
was
buried in Red
Square
in Moscow. She
was
arrested,
imprisoned
and exiled
on
many
occasions. In 1917 she
was one
of the
party
organisers
in Moscow.
Artiukhina Aleksandra
Vasil'evna,
1889-1969 born in
Vyshnii
Volochek into the
family
of
a
weaver.
She
joined
the RSDRP in 1910. Aleksandra
was
trained
as
a
textile
worker.
After the
February
Revolution
she
headed
zhenotdel
in
Vyshnii
Volochiok where she
was
active also
during
the October Revolution. After October
1917 she
was
the head of the zhenotdel in Tver
province.
In
her later
career
Atiukhina
headed
department
of
women
workers and
peasants
of the CC RKP
(b),
and
was one
time editor of Rabotnitsa. She
was
many times arrested and exiled.
Aveide
Mariia
Oskarovna
(mar. Bushen),
1884
-
1919 born in Viatka into the
family
of
a
Polish
exile. She
graduated
from
a
gymnasium
and
taught
from
home. She
joined
RSDRP in 1904 in Perm and
was a
participant
of the 1905-7 Revolution in the
Urals.
She
was
a
member of
Ekaterinburg
party
committee
and
was
one
of the
organisers
of
Ekaterinburg
soviet. Aveide
was
one
of the
organisers
of
an
illegal
printing
house
in
Yekaterinburg
and
worked
for
the
RSDRP
committee
as
a
professional
propagandist.
In
1908
she worked
for the
party
in Samara.
She
was
arrested
on
several occasions. After the
February
Revolution Aveide worked with
youth
in Samara and headed Samara
agitation
group. She died
fighting
the Kolchak
army
during
the civil
war.
Avilova
Mariia
Aristarkhovna,
1898-1964
joined
the
Bolshevik
party
in
1916.
During
1917 she worked in
a
Petrograd
district
party
committee
rising
to
the rank of
a
secretary
in
September
that
year. In
October 1917 Avilova headed Red Guards units.
After the revolution she worked for various
party
organisations including
Lenin's
secretariat between 1918 and 1919:
Baiar
Elizaveta
Martynovna,
1879-1967
joined
the
party
in 1904. Her activities
centred
on
Riga,
Latvia where her work included
distributing illegal
literature and
safekeeping
arms
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Barisova
Raisa
Borisovna
1890-1966
(party
name
'RasheP) joined
the
party
in
1912. Between 1912 and 1915 Barisova worked for
Dvinsk
party
group. In 1917 she
was
a
party
executive in Saratov.
Bosh
Evgeniia
Bogdanovna
(Gotlibovna)
1879-1925
(some
of her
party
names
were
Irina,
Yaponka,
Nina
Pavlovna)
born in Kherson
gubernia.
Her father
was
a
German and worked
as a
mechanic
at
the Black Sea. Bosh
joined
the RSDRP in 1901.
She
was
actively
involved in
reconstructing
the
party
organisation
in Kiev after 1909
and in 1910
became
its
secretary.
In
1912 Bosh
was
exiled
to
Siberia from there she
escaped
abroad in
1914,
returning
only
after the
February
Revolution. She
was
elected
a
member of the Kiev RSDRP Committee and the Soviet. From
April
1917
she
became chairman of the Kiev
region
party
committee. Bosh
participated
in the anti-
Pro
vsional Government
uprising.
In
December 1917 she
was
elected
a
member of the
Ukrainian Central Executive Committee and chaired the
Department
of Home Affairs
in the Soviet Government. Until 1922 she
was
one
of the
leading
party
activists in
Ukraine when she had
to
retire due
to
a
serious
illness.
In
1925
Evgeniia
Bosh
committed suicide.
Brichkina Sofia
Borisovna,
1883-1967
began
her
working
life
at
the
age
of 13. She
joined
the
revolutionary
movement
in 1900 and in 1903 became
an
RSDRP member.
In
1906 she
was
arrested.
In 1917
Brichkina
was
a
secretary
of the Moscow Soviet.
Her
active role in the
party
continued until 1949.
Brodskaia Sarra
Akimovna,
1887-1967
joined
the
revolutionary
movement
in
1905.
Four
years
later she
joined
the RSDRP
working
in
Odessa,
Kiev. Between 1909 and
1915
she
was
imprisoned.
On
her release
Brodskaia became
a
Bolshevik
party
underground
worker in Kiev and Moscow. She
was
arrested
once
again
and exiled
to
Siberia. After the
February
revolution she worked
as a
secretary
of SokoPniki district
party
organisation
in Moscow. Brodskaia retired from active
party
work in 1955.
Broido Eva 1876-1941 born in Vilno. She
was
first married
at
the age of 18. From
this
marriage
she had 2 children.
In
1900,
with Boris Savinkov and her future husband
Mark
Broido,
Eva
started the
Socialist
Group
in St.
Petersburg.
In the
space
of
just
one
year
Broido
was
imprisoned
four times and later exiled. In 1905 she worked for
Mensheviks
in
Baku
as
a
propagandist
and
agitator.
That
same
year
she
was
imprisoned
for three
years.
After her release Broido worked for the Menshevik
publication
Luch.
In 1912
she
joined
the Menshevik
Organisational
Committee and in
1917 Menshevik Central Committee. She left Russia in
1920,
returning
in 1927
on
behalf of the Menshevik
delegation
in exile. She
was
arrested
1927-28,
and executed
in
1941.
Cherniak
(nee
Todorskaia)
Ruzia
Iosifovna,
1900-1937 born in Poland. Her father
was an
office worker. She
began
her
revolutionary
life in 1914
working
in the social
democratic
movement.
In
March
of 1917
Cherniak
became
a
Bolshevik
and
a
technical
secretary
of Moscow
party
committee.
During
October 1917 she acted
as a
messenger between Red Guard detachments and the
party
revolutionary
committee.
After the revolution she did
party
work in the
army.
In 1937 she
was
arrested and
died
in
prison.

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Danilova
Appolinariia
Prilidianovna,
1894-1967
a
Russian,
she
joined
the
party
in
1916.
During
the October revolution she worked for the
party
in
Petrograd.
Deriabina Serafima
Ivanovna,
1888-1920
(party
names:
Ivanova, Sima),
a
Russian,
she
was
born in
Yekaterinburg.
In
1904 Deriabina
joined
the
Bolsheviks.
In
1914 she
became member of
Petersburg
RSDRP Executive Commission. After the
February
Revolution she
was
a
member of Samara
City
Soviet.
In
the
period
between the
revolutions Deriabina worked for the
party
in the Urals and Povolzhie. After the
October Revolution she
was
appointed
to
Samara
RSDRP
regional
and executive
committees
as
a
kommissar
of
publishing
affairs.
In
1920
Deriabina
died
of
tuberculosis.
Dodonova
Anna
Andreevna,
1888-1967
a
Russian,
she
was
in the Bolshevik
party
from 1911. Dodonova
was
a
graduate
of the Moscow
Higher
Courses for Women.
There she
participated
in social-democratic
work,
for which she
was
arrested. After
the
February
Revolution Dodonova became
a
secretary
of Moscow
City
Soviet. In
October and November of 1917 she worked
as a
secretary
of the VRK.
Drabkina Feodosiia Il'inichna 1883-1957
(party
name
-
Natasha)
a
Russian,
she
began
her
revolutionary
activity
as a
propagandist
among
workers in 1900 but did
not
join
the RSDRP
formally
until 1903.
In
the 1905 Revolution she
was a
member of the
Bolshevik
military
organisation
in Moscow and
during
the December
uprising
she
delivered
weapons
to
Moscow. In 1906 Drabkina worked
as
a
secretary
of Narva
party
organisation
in
Petersburg
and later
as
a
secretary
of
Petersburg
RSDRP
city
organisation.
In 1914 she
was
exiled
to
Vilno and then
to
Yekaterinburg.
In 1917
Drabkina she worked in the secretariat of RSDRP CC and the
VRK,
as
well
as
in the
editorial staff of
"Pravda",
"Izvestiia" in
Petrograd.
Dubrovinskaia Aleksandra
D.
a
participant
of the 1905 revolution in Siberia. From
July
of 1917 she worked in
Krasnoyarsk
RSDRP
regional
bureau.
Efimova
G.
a
Russian textile worker from Ivanovo-Voznesensk who
joined
the
Bolshevik
party
in 1917 and worked
as a
propagandist
at
her
factory
party
committee.
Egorova Evgeniia
Nikolaevna
(real
name
Lepin' Marta-Ella),
1892-1938 born in
Ruine
(Latvia)
in the
family
of
a
Latvian
carpenter.
She
was
trained
to
become
a
seamstress-
One of
Egorova's early
revolutionary
tasks
was
as
a
courier of
party
literature from abroad
to
Riga.
She
joined
the Bolshevik
party
in 1911 in Moscow. In
1915 she
was
exiled
to
Siberia from where she returned
illegally
to
Petrograd
on a
passport
of
one
of her fellow exiles.
There, Egorova
participated
in
setting
up
an
underground
publishing
house for Pravda. In the October Revolution she worked in
Vyborg
district
revolutionary
headquarters
and
closely
collaborated with
Krupskaia.
After
the
revolution
Egorova
headed
the
agitation department
in
the
Petrograd
regional
committee.
She
continued
to
work
for
party
organisations
after
the
revolution. She
was
arrested
(and executed?)
in 1937.
Elizarova
Anna
Il'inichna
(nee Ul'ianova),
1864-1935
a
Russian,
she
was
born in
Simbirsk,
into the
family
of
a
school
inspector.
Like her
brothers,
Aleksandr Ul'ianov
and Vladimir
(Lenin),
Anna
was a
professional revolutionary.
In 1883 she
graduated
from the Bestuzhev
courses
(teacher
training).
Her
first
arrest
came
in
1887
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connection
with
her
elder
brother's
revolutionary
activities
for
which
he
was
executed.
In
1898
Elizarova
joined
the RSDRP.
Among
her
party
activities
was
propaganda,
membership
of various
party
committees
and
on
the editorial staff of
various
party
publications,
e.g.
Pravda, Rabotnitsa,
Tkach.
She
was
arrested and
exiled
on
many occasions.
In
1917
she
was
in
Petrograd.
Anna
was
married
to
a
fellow
revolutionary
Mark Elizarov.
Fikhman Sofia
(mar. Garvi) joined
the Mensheviks after the
split
in the RSDRP and
became
one
of the
contributors
to
the Menshevik press. She
was
one
of the
leading
'liquidators'
in
St.
Petersburg.
In
1917
Fikhman
was
a
member
of the
right
Menshevik group.
Flakserman G.K. worked in the secretariat of the CC RSDRP
during
1917. The first
meeting
of
this
committee
to
discuss the issue of the socialist
uprising
took
place
in
her flat
on
October
23,
1917. Flakserman
was
married
to
a
fellow-revolutionary
N.N.Sukhanov
who became
a
Menshevik in
May
1917.
Fofanova
Margarita
Vasil'evna,
1883-1976 born in
Perm
guberniia
into the
family
of!
a
river
captain.
From
1910
she
studied
at
Petersburg agricultural
courses.
Previously
she
taught
at
a
village
school.
Though
Fofanova did
not
join
the RSDRP
formally
until 1917 she
actively participated
in
revolutionary
work from the
start
of
the
century.
Her
first
arrest
came
in
1903.
On
party
business
she
worked
in
Archangelsk, Simferopol,
Ufa. After the
February
revolution Fofanovä
was
elected
as
a
deputy
of the
Petrograd City
Soviet.
Her
flat
was
used
by
Bolsheviks who returned
to
the
city
from
prison,
exile and
emigration.
Lenin
stayed
there
during
the
July
events
and in October of
1917.
Together
with
Krupskaia
she
worked in the
educational
department
of the
Vyborg
soviet.
During
the October
events
Fofanova worked in
Smolny.
Fotieva
Lidiia
AIeksandrovna,
1881-1975
joined
the
RSDRP
in
1904.
During
preparations
for the October
uprising
she worked in the
Vyborg
Committee of the
RSDRP and in the editorial staff of Pravda. Between 1918 and 1924 she worked
as
Lenin's
personal
secretary.
Her
party
secretarial
career
continued
until
1930.
Thereafter Fotieva worked in Lenin's State Museum in Moscow.
Glieser Polina
Samoilovna,
1898
-
alive in 1959
joined
the RSDRP in 1917. She
was a
participant
of the October
events
in Moscow. After the revolution she worked
in Moscow women's and later in trade union
organisations.
Gopner
Serafima
Il'inichna,
1880-1966 born in Kherson. She studied law
at
the
Odessa Women's Courses and literature in Paris
University.
She