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Robespierres Neck
25th May 2012, 22:57
I stumbled across a Wikipedia page of this Bolshevik lad, and I can't seem to find or remember his name for the life of me. I'll try to mention the details I can remember about him, maybe one of you can help me out.

I believe he was a bit eccentric (vulgar, foul-mouthed; something like that), which turned a lot of the party members away. In fact, most of them wanted to kick him out of the party, but Lenin intervened, which was the only thing that kept him in. He was with the Bolsheviks pre-revolution, I believe. He died before Stalin became General Secretary. I wish I knew more; he seemed like an interesting guy.
Lenina Rosenweg
25th May 2012, 23:00
Its not Roman Malinovsky?
Robespierres Neck
26th May 2012, 08:09
No, I don't think he was as prominent.
ComradeOm
26th May 2012, 10:59
Here's a list (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Old_Bolsheviks), work your way through
Robespierres Neck
27th May 2012, 00:49
Here's a list (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Old_Bolsheviks), work your way through

He's not there... I even tried looking at other related categories. No luck.

I suppose I'll never know.
Nox
27th May 2012, 01:21
Tried looking on your browser history?
Ilyich
27th May 2012, 01:36
I stumbled across a Wikipedia page of this Bolshevik lad, and I can't seem to find or remember his name for the life of me. I'll try to mention the details I can remember about him, maybe one of you can help me out.

I believe he was a bit eccentric (vulgar, foul-mouthed; something like that), which turned a lot of the party members away. In fact, most of them wanted to kick him out of the party, but Lenin intervened, which was the only thing that kept him in. He was with the Bolsheviks pre-revolution, I believe. He died before Stalin became General Secretary. I wish I knew more; he seemed like an interesting guy.

Do you remember how he died? Did he die violently, assassinated, killed in the Civil War, etc?
Robespierres Neck
27th May 2012, 18:53
Tried looking on your browser history?

Yes, the page wasn't to be found which is strange. I know I didn't hallucinate it.


Do you remember how he died? Did he die violently, assassinated, killed in the Civil War, etc?

I don't remember how he died, but I'm pretty sure it was neither of the three.
Luís Henrique
28th May 2012, 01:04
Sosnovsky?

Luís Henrique
TheAltruist
28th May 2012, 02:22
Just wondering, not as an insult or anything, but what is the point of searching for an obscure Bolshevik? Does he have any historical significance?
Ismail
28th May 2012, 03:29
Just wondering, not as an insult or anything, but what is the point of searching for an obscure Bolshevik? Does he have any historical significance?Some did cool things, like Kamo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamo_%28Bolshevik%29).
TheAltruist
28th May 2012, 04:17
Bank Robbery? Faking insanity and escaping prison? Not bad for an obscure Bolshevik.;)
ComradeOm
28th May 2012, 19:51
There are no banks that Bolsheviks cannot storm!
Geiseric
29th May 2012, 00:10
Sverdlov woulda been a hundred times more famous in our day if he didn't die from typhus. That one guy who faked insanity I heard of though, totally nuts.
Lenina Rosenweg
29th May 2012, 00:44
About a month ago I finshed reading Three Who made a Revolution by Bertram Wolfe. Wolfe was a Cold War liberal by the time e wrote this but its an interrsting account nevertheless.

I vaguely remember someone, ethnic Russian, who for a time managed the bank robbery ring and was worked briefly at the Tiflis Observatory, the same place that Djugashvili later worked at.This guy was foul mouthed and uncouth, Lenin liked him and brought him to the national organisation.

Leonid Krasin?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Krasin