Background
MORDVINKIN, V. was born in 1889.
MORDVINKIN, V. was born in 1889.
Until 1917 October Revol bookkeeper. Member, editorial board, Irkutsk newspaper “Novaya Sibir’”. November 1917 October 1918 exec secretary, newspaper “Izvestiya VTsIK”.
1918-1919 ed chief, Supreme Military Inspectorate. Then edited Kiev newspaper “Krasnaya armiya”. 1919-1921 assistant head, Agitation and Propaganda Department, State Publ House.
Simultaneously headed Press Bureau, Special Department, All-Russian Extraordinary Commission Against Counterrevolution, Sabotage and Speculation. 1922-1931 worked for Main Board of Literature and Publ Houses. Then worked for Fine Arts Publ House.
1923-1924 member, “Trotskyist opposition”. Arrested by State Security organs.
Communist Party member from 1917.