Background
BERDNIKOV, Yakov was born in 1889 in village Vanov’ye, Tambov Province. Son of a peasant.
BERDNIKOV, Yakov was born in 1889 in village Vanov’ye, Tambov Province. Son of a peasant.
Graduate parish school.
Metalworker at Putilov Plant and other factories. 1905 took part in workers' demonstration. 1908 deported to his place of birth for distributing Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party proclamations.
1911 first work printed in workers papers and Bolshevik newspapers Zvezda and Pravda. Then wrote for Petrograd journals Gryadushcheye and Plamya.