Background
YAKOVLEV, Yakov was born in 1896.
YAKOVLEV, Yakov was born in 1896.
Member of student circle at Saint St. Petersburg Polytech Institute. From 1914 active in workers’ circles in Nevskaya Zastava distribution February 1917 arrested.
After 1917 February Revol helped organize workers’ militia and soldiers’ comts. Then until spring 1918 secretary, Yekaterinoslav Party Committee. During most of Civil War engaged in underground Party work in Ukraine.
Chairman, Kiev and Khar’kov underground revol comt. Helped lead revolt against Pellyura. 1918-1920 member, Yckaterinoslav Province Party Committee and head, Polit Department, 14th Army.
1919, during evacuation of Ukraine, chairman, Vladimir Province Executive Committee. 1920 member, Polit and Organization(s) Bureau, Central Committee, Communist Party (Bolsheviks) Ukraine and chairman, Khar’kov Province Party Committee. Helped found comts of poor peasants.
1921 exec post with Main Polit Education Committee, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic People's Commissariat of Education, Moscow. 1922-1923 deputy head, Agitation and Propaganda Department, Central Committee, Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks). 1923-1924 head, Press Department, Central Committee, Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks), then ed, newspaper “Bednota”.
From late 1923 foundcr-cd, newspaper “Krest’yanskaya gazeta”. Also chairman, All-Union Kolhoz Council and member of various commissions dealing with rural affairs From 1926 Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Deputy People's Commissar of Workers and Peasants’ Inspection.
From 1929 Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics People's Commissar of Agriculture As such, responsible for collectivization of agriculture Delegation at 8th —17th All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) Congresses.
At 16th and 17th Party Congresses elected member, Central Committee, All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). Member, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Central Executive Committee. From 1934 head, Agric Department, Central Committee, All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks).
1937 arrested by State Security organs.
Communist Party member from 1913.