Yakov Mikhaylovich Sverdlov, born Yankel Movshevich Eiman ; known under pseudonyms "Andrey", "Mikhalych", "Max", "Smirnov", "Permyakov" (March 16 1919) was a Bolshevik party leader and an official of pre-Soviet Union Soviet Russia. He was born in Nizhny Novgorod to Jewish parents, his father being an engraver. He joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1902, and then the Bolshevik faction, supporting Vladimir Lenin. He was involved in the 1905 revolution. Wikipedia
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Yakov Sverdlov , the son of a Jewish engraver, was born in Nizhny Novgorod in 1885. When he was a student he became involved in radical politics and in 1902 joined the Social Democratic Party . He quickly became a supporter of the Bolshevik faction led www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSsverdlov.htm
