11 Facts About Sarra Ravich

Sarra Naumovna Ravich was a figure in the Russian revolutionary movement.

Sarra Ravich was born on August 1,1879, in Vitebsk into a Jewish family.

Sarra Ravich's father was a merchant, Nohim Leib Ravich, and her mother was Golda, nee Yakhnim.

Sarra Ravich became a member of the RSDLP in 1903.

Sarra Ravich studied at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Geneva.

Sarra Ravich returned to Russia in 1917 in a sealed train along with Lenin, Zinoviev, and his second wife, Zlata Ionovna Lilina, and their son Stefan.

Sarra Ravich actively participated in party work, carrying out assignments from Lenin and the Central Committee of the CPSU.

Sarra Ravich was a delegate to many party congresses and was a member of the Congress of the CPSU from 1924 to 1925.

Sarra Ravich wrote memoirs titled Beyond the Threshold of Life as well as articles on the philosophical and political views of Nikolay Chernyshevsky, Vsevolod Garshin, and others.

Sarra Ravich was an active participant in the opposition from 1926 to 1927.

Sarra Ravich was arrested again in 1937,1946, and 1951, and was only released in 1954 following a decision by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor's Office of the USSR, which lifted her criminal record but did not fully rehabilitate her in court.