14 Facts About Gavril Myasnikov

1.

Gavril Myasnikov was arrested that same year and exiled to Eastern Siberia, but escaped in June 1908.

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2.

Gavril Myasnikov was arrested again in 1909 and 1911, but escaped each time.

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3.

Gavril Myasnikov supervised the execution of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, younger brother of the deposed Tsar Nicholas II.

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4.

When Gavril Myasnikov left Yekaterinburg ahead of the advance of the White Army, he took with him Beloborodov's wife and children at Beloborodov's request, as he feared for the safety of his own family as the Whites advanced on the city.

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5.

Gavril Myasnikov was a Left Communist in 1918, opposed to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.

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6.

Gavril Myasnikov disagreed with the Workers' Opposition's call for unions to manage the economy.

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7.

Shlyapnikov, Medvedev and Gavril Myasnikov were all signatories of the "Letter of the Twenty-Two" to the Comintern in 1922, protesting the Russian Communist Party leaders' suppression of dissent among proletarian members of the Communist Party.

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8.

Gavril Myasnikov was arrested by the OGPU in May 1923, but then released him and sent on a trade mission in Germany.

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9.

Workers' Group was suppressed and later in 1923 Gavril Myasnikov was persuaded to return to Russia, where he was arrested and imprisoned.

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10.

In 1941, Gavril Myasnikov was arrested by Gestapo after visiting the Soviet Embassy in Paris.

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11.

Gavril Myasnikov was assigned by the Organisation Todt as a forced labourer to work on the Atlantic Wall defense system.

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12.

Gavril Myasnikov returned to Paris after being released in July 1943.

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13.

Gavril Myasnikov accepted the invitation, received a visa and was sent to the USSR via the embassy on 18 December 1944.

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14.

Gavril Myasnikov left in January 1945, on the same aircraft as the spy Alexander Foote.

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