Background
Gaven, Iurii was born in 1884.
Gaven, Iurii was born in 1884.
Joined the Bolsheviks, 1902. A local communist leader in the Crimea during the Civil War. Held a large number of posts, including that of Minister of the Interior.
Head of the Government of the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic,
1921-1924. After that worked in Gosplan. Disappeared during the Stalinist purges.