Background
PLATTEN, Friedrich was born in 1883.
PLATTEN, Friedrich was born in 1883.
From 1904 Social-Democratic movement. 1906-1907 revol work in Riga. From 1908 secretary, Russian emigres' fund in Switzerland.
1912 — 18 secretary, Swiss Social-Democratic Party. During VVVV 1 attended Zimmcrwald and Kienthal Conferences. Sided with leftist Zimmerwald group.
April 1917 mainly responsible for organizing Lenin’s transfer from Switzerland to Russia. 1919 helped organize 3rd Communist International. Presidium member, 1st Communist International Congress and Bureau member, Communist International.
Contributed to journal “Kommunisticheskiy Internatsional”. 1921-1923 secretary, Swiss Communist Party. 1923 moved to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics; headed Swiss workers’ agric commune.
Then worked at International Agrarian Institute and Moscow Foreign Language Teachers’ Training Institute.