Career
1910 began rcvol career in Kiev. Frequently arrested; three times exiled. Delcg at 7th (April) Party Conference.
1917-1918 chairman, Kiev Metal Workers’ Union. Then Board chairman, Moscow Metal Works (now ”Serp i Molot” Plant). 1920-1922 dim, Kiev and Odessa Metal Workers’ Union.
Chairman, Kiev Council of Workers’ Cooperatives. 1923-1926 Ukraine Deputy Commissar, then Commissar of Labor. 1926-1930 chairman, Ukraine Metal Workers' Union.
1931-1944 exec admin posts. From 1945 exec trade-union work. At 9th, 10th and 11th Congresses, Communist Party Ukraine, elected member, Central Committee, Communist Party Ukraine.
Member, All-Ukraine and Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Central Executive Committee.