Mendel Hataevich Party activist. Date of Birth: . Country: Russia

Content:

1. Early Life and Political Activism
2. Regional Party Leadership
3. Rise to National Prominence
4. Member of the Politburo of Ukraine
5. First Secretary of Dnipropetrovsk
6. Second Secretary of the KP(b)U
7. Repression and Execution
8. Arrest and Death
9. - Executed in Moscow

Early Life and Political Activism

Birth and Early Years
- Born in Gomel, Belarus
- Trained as a dental technician
Revolutionary Beginnings
- Joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) in 1913
- Became a member of the Bolshevik faction
Revolutionary Roles and Close Collaboration
Assistant to Yakov Sverdlov
- Close aide to Yakov Sverdlov, the first premier of Soviet Russia
Leader in the Urals and Siberia
- Held leadership positions in the Ural Soviet and Siberian Cheka
Chairman of the Samara City Party Committee
- Presided over the Samara City Party Committee in 1918
Military and Party Service
Mobilization to the Western Front

- Mobilized to serve as a political officer on the Western Front (1918-1919)

Regional Party Leadership

- Chairman of the Gomel District Party Committee (1918-1919)
- Secretary of the Odessa Regional Party Committee (1921)

- First Secretary of the Tatar Regional Party Committee (1925 onwards)

Rise to National Prominence

Central Party Leadership

- Member of the Central Revision Commission of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (VКП(b)) (from 1925)

- Candidate member (1927) and full member (1930) of the Central Committee of the VКП(b)

Member of the Politburo of Ukraine

- Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Ukraine (KP(b)U) (1932-1937)

First Secretary of Dnipropetrovsk

- First Secretary of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Party Committee (1933)

Second Secretary of the KP(b)U

- Appointed Second Secretary of the Central Committee of the KP(b)U on March 17, 1937

Repression and Execution

Purges and Arrests

- The leadership of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Party Committee faced severe repression in 1938.

Arrest and Death

- Arrested on July 9, 1937

- Sentenced to death on October 27, 1937, for alleged involvement in a counter-revolutionary terrorist organization

- Executed in Moscow

Rehabilitation and Legacy
Posthumous Rehabilitation
- Rehabilitated and reinstated into the party in 1956

Party

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