Dmitriy Manyilskiy Soviet and Ukrainian political figure, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR since 1945. Date of Birth: 03.10.1883 Country: Ukraine

1. Biography of Dmitry Manuilsky
2. Early Life and Education
3. Early Political Career
4. Political Career in Ukraine
5. Career in the Comintern and the USSR
6. Later Life and Legacy

Biography of Dmitry Manuilsky

Dmitry Manuilsky was a Soviet and Ukrainian political figure, and an academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences from 1945. He was born in the village of Svyatets, Kremenets district, Volyn province (now Teofipol district, Khmelnytsky region).

Early Life and Education

Manuilsky began his education at St. Petersburg University in 1903 and later graduated from the Sorbonne in France in 1911 with a degree in law. During this time, he became a member of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP).

Early Political Career

In 1905, Manuilsky became a member of the agitators' board of the St. Petersburg Committee of the RSDLP. He was involved in organizing the Kronstadt and Sveaborg armed uprisings in 1906 and was subsequently arrested and sentenced to exile. He later escaped from prison in Kiev and joined the RSDLP committee there.

Manuilsky spent the years 1911-1912 in exile in France, where he became associated with the "Vpered" group of Russian revolutionaries. He returned to Russia in May 1917 and became a member of the "inter-district" organization. He joined the Bolshevik Party at the 6th Congress of the RSDLP (b) and became a member of the Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee during the Kornilov and Kerensky uprisings.

Political Career in Ukraine

In April 1918, Manuilsky, along with Rakovsky, was sent to Ukraine for negotiations with the hetman government. He signed the conditions of the preliminary peace on June 12, 1918. He later became a member of the All-Ukrainian Revolutionary Committee and served as the People's Commissar for Agriculture of the Ukrainian SSR from 1920 to 1921. He also participated in the Polish-Soviet peace negotiations in Riga during this time. Manuilsky became a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine in 1921 and served as the secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine from 1921 to 1923.

Career in the Comintern and the USSR

From 1922 onward, Manuilsky worked in the Comintern, becoming a member of the Presidium of the Executive Committee of the Comintern (ECCI) in 1924. He served as the secretary of the ECCI from 1928 to 1943 and led the delegation of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) to the ECCI. He delivered reports on behalf of the CPSU delegation at the 17th and 18th party congresses. From 1942 to 1944, Manuilsky worked in the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Main Political Administration of the Red Army.

In July 1944, Manuilsky became the Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Ukrainian SSR and the People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs of the Ukrainian SSR. He served as the Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR from 1946 to 1953. Manuilsky headed the delegation of the Ukrainian SSR at the international conference in San Francisco in April 1945, which established the United Nations. He also participated in the Paris Peace Conference in 1946 and was involved in the work of the first four sessions of the United Nations General Assembly.

Later Life and Legacy

Manuilsky was a delegate at the 10th to 19th Congresses of the CPSU and was elected a candidate member of the Central Committee at the 11th Congress, becoming a full member at the 12th to 18th Congresses. He was also a delegate at the 2nd to 7th Congresses of the Comintern and was a member of the ECCI from the 3rd Congress in 1921. He was awarded three Orders of Lenin, the Order of the Red Star, and several medals for his contributions.

After 1953, Manuilsky became a retired person. He died and was buried in Kiev. Manuilsky was known for his numerous works on the strategy and tactics of the international workers' and communist movements, as well as his memoirs of V.I. Lenin.