Background
VARZAR, Vasiliy was born in 1851. Son of an office worker
VARZAR, Vasiliy was born in 1851. Son of an office worker
1875 graduate Saint St. Petersburg Technol Institute.
While a student connected with Revol Populists. His pamphlet “Khitraya mckhanika” (CunningMcchanics),exposing the workings of the Tsarist tax system, was widely used for revol propaganda and frequently published illegally in Russia. Foreign some 20 years engaged in zemstvo statistics.
1894—1917 worked for Minister of Finance and Minister of Trade and Indiana. 1900 and 1908 initiated and supervised two major statistical censuses of Russian industry (“Varzar Censuses”), on which Lenin drew extensively for his works. His statistical surveys of labor (strikes statistics) provide valuable material on the workers’ revol movement in Russia in 1895- 1908.
After 1917 October Revol worked for Supreme Economic Council and Centr Statistical Board. Also taught at higher educational establishments.