Boris Mikhailovich Volin (born: Josif Yefimovich Fradkin; 13 June 1886 – 15 February 1957) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

historian, journalist and politician. He was born to a Jewishhttps://www.jewishgen.org/Belarus/misc/JewishEncycRussia/v/index.html family in

Hlybokaye Hlybokaye or Glubokoye ( be, Глыбокае, translit=Hłybokaje, russian: Глубокое, translit=Glubokoye, pl, Głębokie, lt, Glubokas, yi, גלובאָק, Glubok) is a town in Vitebsk Region, Belarus, the capital of Hlybokaye Raion ( ...

Disnensky Uyezd Disnensky Uyezd (''Дисненский уезд'') was one of the seven subdivisions of the Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northeastern part of the governorate (in present-day northern Belarus). Its administrative ...

Vilna Governorate The Vilna Governorate (1795–1915; also known as Lithuania-Vilnius Governorate from 1801 until 1840; russian: Виленская губерния, ''Vilenskaya guberniya'', lt, Vilniaus gubernija, pl, gubernia wileńska) or Government of V ...

(now

Hlybokaye District Hlybokaye District is a district in Vitebsk Region, Belarus. The administrative center of the district is the town of Hlybokaye. Notable residents * Ihnat Bujnicki (1881, Palivačy estate - 1917), Belarusian actor and theatre director, described ...

Vitebsk Region Vitebsk Region or Vitebsk Oblast or Viciebsk Voblasts ( be, Ві́цебская во́бласць, ''Viciebskaja voblasć'', ; rus, Ви́тебская о́бласть, Vitebskaya oblast, ˈvʲitʲɪpskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a region (oblast ...

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

). He published ''

Questions of History ''Voprosy Istorii'' (Russian: ''Вопросы истории'', translated ''Questions of History'') is a Russian academic journal for historical studies. It is published monthly by the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Scienc ...

'' and campaigned against alcohol consumption. He was a member of the

Central Committee elected by the 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) The Central Committee of the 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) sat from 10 February 1934 until the convening of the 18th Congress on 10 March 1939. Its 1st Plenary Session elected the Politburo, Secretariat and Orgburo. ...

. He was head of the School Department from 13 May 1935 to 1936. Volin was director of the Main Administration for Literary and Publishing Affairs (Glavit) from July 1931 to 1935. He was awarded the

Order of the Patriotic War The Order of the Patriotic War (russian: Орден Отечественной войны, Orden Otechestvennoy voiny) is a Soviet military decoration that was awarded to all soldiers in the Soviet armed forces, security troops, and to partisan ...

. He was a researcher at the Marx-Engels-Lenin Institute as well as a professor at the

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

. He died in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

ad was buried at the

Novodevichy Cemetery Novodevichy Cemetery ( rus, Новоде́вичье кла́дбище, Novodevichye kladbishche) is a cemetery in Moscow. It lies next to the southern wall of the 16th-century Novodevichy Convent, which is the city's third most popular tourist ...

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* ''Lenin w Powolschje (Lenin in der Wolgaregion) 1870 bis 1893'', 2. Bände, Moskau 1956.

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Artikel in der ''Großen Sowjetischen Enzyklopädie''
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