12 Facts About Leonid Serebryakov

Leonid Petrovich Serebryakov was a Russian Soviet politician and Bolshevik who became a victim of the Great Purge.

Leonid Serebryakov joined the Bolsheviks at the age of 15 during the 1905 Revolution, was arrested several times in 1905 to 1907, and was dismissed from his job because of his revolutionary activities.

Leonid Serebryakov escaped in 1913 and was sent by the party to Baku to organise a strike but had to leave because he was shadowed.

Leonid Serebryakov was arrested in Odessa and sent back to Narym.

Leonid Serebryakov was released from exile in 1916 but was drafted into the infantry for the war against Germany.

Leonid Serebryakov then worked with Joseph Stalin on the Military Council of the Southern Front during the Russian Civil War.

In 1923, Leonid Serebryakov signed the Declaration of the 46, after which he supported Leon Trotsky.

Leonid Serebryakov was expelled from the Communist Party in August 1927, as one of a group who had been running an underground printing press, and was exiled to Semipalatinsk.

Leonid Serebryakov renounced his support for the Left Opposition in 1929, and his party membership was reinstated in January 1930.

Leonid Serebryakov became head of the Central Administration of Highways and Automobile Transport administration in 1931, and first deputy head from August 1935.

Leonid Serebryakov was sentenced to death after a forced confession by torture.

Leonid Serebryakov discovered only after Stalin's death that they were both innocent.