Background
Illinois’Indiana, Yakov was born on October 23, 1905 in Kiev.
Illinois’Indiana, Yakov was born on October 23, 1905 in Kiev.
1922 began work at Krasnaya Presnya Publ House, Moscow. Twice elected member, Central Committee, Communist Youth League. Worked for newspaper Communist Youth League'skaya pravda as deputy director and member of its cd board
From 1929 worked for newspaper Pravda', in response to Gorky's appeal to record the history of Soviet factories, directed the compilation of a collective work Lyudi Stalingradskogo traktornogo (People of the Stalingrad Tractor Plant) ( 1933).
Communist Party member from 1924.