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| ⚫ | '''Aleksandr Evdokimovich Trusov''' ({{langx|ru|Александр Евдокимович Трусов}}) was a Russian [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Bolshevik]] revolutionary. Originally from [[Borisoglebsk]], Trusov was exiled to [[Astrakhan]] for political reasons. In Astrakhan he became a prominent figure in the Bolshevik movement, before dying of ill health a little over a year after the [[October Revolution]]. |
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==Early life and entry into revolutionary politics== |
==Early life and entry into revolutionary politics== |
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Aleksandr Evdokimovich Trusov was born on 17 January 1888 in [[Borisoglebsk]], [[Tambov Governorate]].<ref name=p5>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZkUtAQAAIAAJ Путеводитель по Астрахани и области]. Нижне-Волжское книжное изд-во, 1979. p. 93</ref><ref name=p1>[https://books.google.com/books?id=dpv0J_fsUhAC Борьба за власть советов в Астраханском крае, 1917-1920 гг: документы и материалы, Vol. 1]. Изд-во газеты "Волга", 1958. p. 404</ref> Trusov joined the [[Russian Social Democratic Labour Party]] in 1904.<ref name=p3>Владимир Павлович Загоровский. [https://books.google.com/books?id=lEUJAQAAIAAJ История Воронежского края от А до Я]. Центр.-Черноземное книжное изд-во, 1982. p. 278</ref> He was active in the [[Russian Revolution of 1905]] in Borisoglebsk.<ref name=p3/> Trusov began working as a teacher at age 20.<ref name=p1/> In 1909 he was exiled to [[Astrakhan]] and placed under police surveillance.<ref name=p1/> |
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==Exile and war== |
==Exile and war== |
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He continued revolutionary activities in Astrakhan.<ref name=p1/> In June 1914 he was arrested and expelled from Astrakhan.<ref name=p2>[https://books.google. |
He continued revolutionary activities in Astrakhan.<ref name=p1/> In June 1914 he was arrested and expelled from Astrakhan.<ref name=p2>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0vlMAQAAIAAJ Очерки истории Куйбышевской организации КПСС]. Куйбышевское кн. изд-во, 1967. p. 631</ref> In 1915 he arrived in [[Samara]], where he became a member of the Samara Bolshevik Party Organization.<ref name=p2/> He was drafted into the army, where he conducted revolutionary agitation among soldiers.<ref name=p5/> |
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==1917 revolutions== |
==1917 revolutions== |
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Returning from the Front back to Astrakhan in 1917, he rejoined the political movement there.<ref name=p1/> On 14 August 1917<!-- old or new style?? --> he was elected chairman of the Astrakhan Bolshevik Party Organization and became the editor of the newspaper '' |
Returning from the Front back to Astrakhan in 1917, he rejoined the political movement there.<ref name=p1/> On 14 August 1917<!-- old or new style?? --> he was elected chairman of the Astrakhan Bolshevik Party Organization and became the editor of the newspaper ''Astrakhansky Rabochy'' ('Astrakhan Worker').<ref name=p1/> He was elected to the [[Russian Constituent Assembly]] from the [[Astrakhan electoral district (Russian Constituent Assembly election, 1917)|Astrakhan constituency]] in late 1917.<ref>I. S. Malchevskiĭ. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=KpgMAAAAYAAJ Vserossiĭskoe uchreditelʹnoe sobranie]''. Гос изд-во, 1930. p. 133</ref> |
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==Factional conflict== |
==Factional conflict== |
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After the establishment of Soviet power in Astrakhan, Trusov would become the chairman of the Astrakhan Provincial Council of Trade Unions and a member of the Astrakhan City Party Committee.<ref name=p1/> However, he found himself at logger-heads with the Astrakhan Provincial Party Committee.<ref name="Service1979">{{cite book | author = Robert Service | date = 17 June 1979 | title = The Bolshevik Party in Revolution: A Study in Organisational Change 1917–1923 | publisher = Springer | pages = |
After the establishment of Soviet power in Astrakhan, Trusov would become the chairman of the Astrakhan Provincial Council of Trade Unions and a member of the Astrakhan City Party Committee.<ref name=p1/> However, he found himself at logger-heads with the Astrakhan Provincial Party Committee.<ref name="Service1979">{{cite book | author = Robert Service | date = 17 June 1979 | title = The Bolshevik Party in Revolution: A Study in Organisational Change 1917–1923 | publisher = Springer | pages = 73–74, 78 | isbn = 978-1-349-03771-1 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7XGwCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA74}}</ref> In May 1918 the Astrakhan Provincial Party Committee reprimanded Trusov for placing trade union interests ahead of party interests.<ref name=bigg>Biggart, John. ''[http://www.jstor.org/stable/4207255 The Astrakhan Rebellion: An Episode in the Career of Sergey Mironovich Kirov]''. [[The Slavonic and East European Review]], vol. 54, no. 2, 1976, pp. 231–47</ref> Trusov responded by setting up his own faction, the Group of Bolsheviks-Communists, independent from the City and Provincial Party Committees.<ref name="Service1979"/><ref name=bigg/> The Trusov-led faction, addressing the [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Party Central Committee]] charged that the party organization in Astrakjan had been overtaken by violently intolerant newcomers with a limited understanding of communism.<ref name="Brovkin1997">{{cite book | author = Vladimir Brovkin | date = 1 January 1997 | title = The Bolsheviks in Russian Society: The Revolution and the Civil Wars | publisher = Yale University Press | pages = 86 | isbn = 978-0-300-14634-9 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=S_x7Za0ffUsC&pg=PA86}}</ref> Trusov managed to gather a significant support in the Bolshevik ranks in Astrakhan.<ref name="Service1979"/> The Astrakhan factional conflict was brought to the attention of the central party leadership, but faced with a myriad of contradictory accusations from both groups the [[General_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union#List_of_officeholders|party chairman]] [[Yakov Sverdlov]] refused to take sides.<ref name="Service1979"/> On January 11, 1919 the Central Committee delegated [[Viktor Radus Zenkovich]] to deal with the split in Astrakhan.<ref name=bigg/> In his speech to the Second All-Russian Congress of Trade Unions held January 16-25, 1919 Sverdlov expressed concern over the split between trade unions and party in Astrakhan and criticized neglect towards trade unions by the party organizations.<ref name=bigg/> |
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==Death== |
==Death== |
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In April 1919 Trusov was recalled to [[Moscow]], but fell ill and died en route in the night |
In April 1919 Trusov was recalled to [[Moscow]], but fell ill and died en route in the night of 12-13 April 1919.<ref name=p1/> |
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==Memorials== |
==Memorials== |
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{{ill|Esplanade Street (Astrakhan)|lt=Esplanade Street|ru|Эспланадная улица (Астрахань)}} in central Astrakhan was re-named after him in 1920 (the street returned to its pre-1920 name in 2007).<ref name=p4>Лев Евгеньевич Вереин. [https://books.google. |
{{ill|Esplanade Street (Astrakhan)|lt=Esplanade Street|ru|Эспланадная улица (Астрахань)}} in central Astrakhan was re-named after him in 1920 (the street returned to its pre-1920 name in 2007).<ref name=p4>Лев Евгеньевич Вереин. [https://books.google.com/books?id=JXM8AAAAMAAJ Астраханский комсомол в годы гражданской войны и интервенции]. Bolga, 1962. p. 8</ref><ref>Astrakhan Informbiuro. [http://astinform.ru/polnyiy-spravochnik-po-istorii-imyon-ulits-goroda-astrahani.html Полный справочник по истории имён улиц города Астрахани]</ref> Trusov's tomb was placed on the Trusov Street.<ref>Marshruti Rossii. ''[https://2r.ru/rtta/2018/route/view/1355 МАРШРУТ «ПО МЕСТАМ РЕВОЛЮЦИОННЫХ СОБЫТИЙ»]''</ref> Likewise the {{ill|Trusovsky District|ru|Трусовский район}} on right bank of the [[Volga river]] in Astrakhan city, is named after him.<ref name=p4/> |
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==References== |
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Latest revision as of 22:08, 5 November 2024
Aleksandr Trusov | |
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| Born | 17 January 1888  Borisoglebsk (Russian Empire) |
| Died | 12 April 1919 (aged 31) |
| Resting place | Astrakhan |
| Political party | Russian Social Democratic Labour Party |
Aleksandr Evdokimovich Trusov (Russian: Александр Евдокимович Трусов) was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary. Originally from Borisoglebsk, Trusov was exiled to Astrakhan for political reasons. In Astrakhan he became a prominent figure in the Bolshevik movement, before dying of ill health a little over a year after the October Revolution.
Early life and entry into revolutionary politics
[edit]Aleksandr Evdokimovich Trusov was born on 17 January 1888 in Borisoglebsk, Tambov Governorate.[1][2] Trusov joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1904.[3] He was active in the Russian Revolution of 1905 in Borisoglebsk.[3] Trusov began working as a teacher at age 20.[2] In 1909 he was exiled to Astrakhan and placed under police surveillance.[2]
Exile and war
[edit]He continued revolutionary activities in Astrakhan.[2] In June 1914 he was arrested and expelled from Astrakhan.[4] In 1915 he arrived in Samara, where he became a member of the Samara Bolshevik Party Organization.[4] He was drafted into the army, where he conducted revolutionary agitation among soldiers.[1]
1917 revolutions
[edit]Returning from the Front back to Astrakhan in 1917, he rejoined the political movement there.[2] On 14 August 1917 he was elected chairman of the Astrakhan Bolshevik Party Organization and became the editor of the newspaper Astrakhansky Rabochy ('Astrakhan Worker').[2] He was elected to the Russian Constituent Assembly from the Astrakhan constituency in late 1917.[5]
Factional conflict
[edit]After the establishment of Soviet power in Astrakhan, Trusov would become the chairman of the Astrakhan Provincial Council of Trade Unions and a member of the Astrakhan City Party Committee.[2] However, he found himself at logger-heads with the Astrakhan Provincial Party Committee.[6] In May 1918 the Astrakhan Provincial Party Committee reprimanded Trusov for placing trade union interests ahead of party interests.[7] Trusov responded by setting up his own faction, the Group of Bolsheviks-Communists, independent from the City and Provincial Party Committees.[6][7] The Trusov-led faction, addressing the Party Central Committee charged that the party organization in Astrakjan had been overtaken by violently intolerant newcomers with a limited understanding of communism.[8] Trusov managed to gather a significant support in the Bolshevik ranks in Astrakhan.[6] The Astrakhan factional conflict was brought to the attention of the central party leadership, but faced with a myriad of contradictory accusations from both groups the party chairman Yakov Sverdlov refused to take sides.[6] On January 11, 1919 the Central Committee delegated Viktor Radus Zenkovich to deal with the split in Astrakhan.[7] In his speech to the Second All-Russian Congress of Trade Unions held January 16-25, 1919 Sverdlov expressed concern over the split between trade unions and party in Astrakhan and criticized neglect towards trade unions by the party organizations.[7]
Death
[edit]In April 1919 Trusov was recalled to Moscow, but fell ill and died en route in the night of 12-13 April 1919.[2]
Memorials
[edit]Esplanade Street in central Astrakhan was re-named after him in 1920 (the street returned to its pre-1920 name in 2007).[9][10] Trusov's tomb was placed on the Trusov Street.[11] Likewise the Trusovsky District on right bank of the Volga river in Astrakhan city, is named after him.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Путеводитель по Астрахани и области. Нижне-Волжское книжное изд-во, 1979. p. 93
- ^ a b c d e f g h Борьба за власть советов в Астраханском крае, 1917-1920 гг: документы и материалы, Vol. 1. Изд-во газеты "Волга", 1958. p. 404
- ^ a b Владимир Павлович Загоровский. История Воронежского края от А до Я. Центр.-Черноземное книжное изд-во, 1982. p. 278
- ^ a b Очерки истории Куйбышевской организации КПСС. Куйбышевское кн. изд-во, 1967. p. 631
- ^ I. S. Malchevskiĭ. Vserossiĭskoe uchreditelʹnoe sobranie. Гос изд-во, 1930. p. 133
- ^ a b c d Robert Service (17 June 1979). The Bolshevik Party in Revolution: A Study in Organisational Change 1917–1923. Springer. pp. 73–74, 78. ISBN 978-1-349-03771-1.
- ^ a b c d Biggart, John. The Astrakhan Rebellion: An Episode in the Career of Sergey Mironovich Kirov. The Slavonic and East European Review, vol. 54, no. 2, 1976, pp. 231–47
- ^ Vladimir Brovkin (1 January 1997). The Bolsheviks in Russian Society: The Revolution and the Civil Wars. Yale University Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-300-14634-9.
- ^ a b Лев Евгеньевич Вереин. Астраханский комсомол в годы гражданской войны и интервенции. Bolga, 1962. p. 8
- ^ Astrakhan Informbiuro. Полный справочник по истории имён улиц города Астрахани
- ^ Marshruti Rossii. МАРШРУТ «ПО МЕСТАМ РЕВОЛЮЦИОННЫХ СОБЫТИЙ»