Suren Spandaryan
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| Born | 1882 |
| Died | 1916 (aged 33–34) Krasnoyarsk, Russian Empire |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Occupation(s) | literature critic, publicist and Bolshevik |
Suren Spandari Spandaryan (Armenian: Սուրեն Սպանդարի Սպանդարյան; 1882 in Tiflis – 24 September 1916) was an Armenian revolutionary in the Russian Empire, literary critic, publicist and one of the founders of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party.
Life
[edit]Spandaryan was born in 1882 in Tiflis. His father was a newspaper editor.[1]
Spandaryan became Joseph Stalin's "best friend" as early as 1902 when he let him print pamphlets using his father's printing presses.[1] In 1907, they spent New Year's Eve together in Baku and attempted to encourage more strikes among the workers there.[2]
In January 1912, he was elected to the Central Committee of the Bolsheviks at the Prague Conference.[3] In March of the same year, Spandaryan was arrested in Baku. Lenin, who considered Spandaryan a "very valuable and prominent worker"[4] supported Spandaryan's father financially after the arrest, since the latter at that time lived in Paris without any means.[5]
Spandaryan had a wife, Olga,[2] and children.[1] He was sentenced to lifelong exile to Siberia, where he died four years later.[6]
Honors
[edit]There is a statue of him in Yerevan. The towns of Spandaryan, Shirak, Spandaryan, Syunik and Surenavan are named after him.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Montefiore, Simon Sebag (2007). Young Stalin. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 93.
- ^ a b Montefiore, Simon Sebag (2007). Young Stalin. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 203–204.
- ^ HISTORY OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION (BOLSHEVIKS), Chapter 5, by J.V. Stalin
- ^ Collected Works, Filth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 52. V.I. Lenin, memo to V.M. MOLOTOV FOR THE R.C.P.(B.) C.C. SECRETARIAT
- ^ Lenin Miscellany XIII, V.I. Lenin, letter to V. A. TER-IOANNISYAN, 5 May 1912
- ^ Spandaryan, Suren Spandarovich
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