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Gregoriy BroydoRussian and Soviet politician
Date of Birth: 07.11.1883
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Content:
- Early Life and Career
- Revolutionary Activities
- Roles in Soviet Government
- - Deputy People's Commissar for Nationalities (1921-1923)
- - Rector of the Saratov Communist University (1927-1930)
- - Deputy People's Commissar for Education (1934-1936)
- Personal Life
Early Life and Career
Grigory (Grigoriy) Broido was born in 1883 in a family of a Jewish accountant Isaac Leibovich Broido and Ester-Sora Berkovna Broido. From 1909 to 1916, he worked as a lawyer in Pishpek and Tashkent.
Revolutionary Activities
Grigory joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) in 1903 and became a member of the Menshevik faction. However, after the October Revolution in 1918, he joined the Bolsheviks. He participated in the First Russian Revolution (1905-1907) and the February Revolution in Tashkent.
Roles in Soviet Government
Grigory held various positions within the Soviet government, including:
- Deputy People's Commissar for Nationalities (1921-1923)
- Founder and first rector of the Communist University of the Toilers of the East (1921)
- Deputy head of the Press Department of the Central Committee of the RCP(b)-VKP(b) (1925-1927)
- Rector of the Saratov Communist University (1927-1930)
- First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Tajikistan (1933-1935)
- Deputy People's Commissar for Education (1934-1936)
- Director of the Publishing House of the VKP(b) (1936-1938)- Head of the Medical Publishing House (1938-1941)
Arrest, Imprisonment, and Release
In August 1941, Grigory was arrested and expelled from the VKP(b). He was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 1945. However, in April 1953, he was amnestied and reinstated into the party in 1955.
