Career
1917 chairman, Gorlovka-Shcherbinovka Russian Social-Democratic Workers ’Party (Bolsheviks) Committee. Deleg, 1st All- Russian Congress of Soviets. Member, Centr Executive Committee of 1st convocation.
Founder-member, Donbass Military Revol Committee and Centr Staff. 1918 dcleg, 1st (July) and 2nd (October) Congress of the Communist Party (Bolsheviks) Ukr, which were held in Moscow. From October 1918 member, Executive Bureau, Central Committee, Communist Party (Bolsheviks) Ukr, which operated in the German- occupied Ukr.