Vladimir Zenzinov
Vladimir Zenzinov | |
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 V.M. Zenzinov as a young man | |
| Born | Vladimir Mikhailovich Zenzinov November 29, 1880 Moscow, Russian Empire |
| Died | October 20, 1953 (aged 72) New York, US |
| Resting place | Park West Memorial Chapel |
| Occupation(s) | Revolutionary, political activist, writer |
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Vladimir Mikhailovich Zenzinov (
(November 1917) Russian Revolutions, and an author of a number of books.Biography
Vladimir Zenzinov was born in Moscow in 1880, the son of a merchant. He studied at several universities in Germany and was known as one of the 'Heidelberg SRs'. His friendship with
Revolution of 1905 and sentenced to five years banishment in Siberia, he escaped to Western Europe, then returned to St. Petersburg in 1906. He worked for the PSR in various capacities and was elected to its Central Committee. He was active in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kyiv. In September 1906, he was arrested again and banished to Siberia. In 1907, he escaped, making his way to Western Europe via Japan, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Colombo, and the Suez Canal
. He soon returned illegally to Russia.
Arrested again in 1910, Zenzinov was banished to northern
V.M. Chernov and M.A. Natanson
.
Zenzinov opposed the
Admiral Kolchak in November 1918, Zenzinov was exiled to China. From there he made his way back to Western Europe. He lived in Berlin until Hitler came to power in 1933, then moved to Paris. During this time he published several more books and worked for a variety of émigré socialist journals, including Volya Rossiya, Golos Rossii, Dni, Novaya Rossiya and Sovremennye zapiski
.
In 1939, Zenzinov went to Finland to witness the beginning of World War II and the Soviet attack on Finland, and to gather information on Russia. In 1940, Zenzinov emigrated to the United States, settling in New York and writing his memoirs.
Works
- Starinnye liudi u kholodnogo okeana, (Moscow, 1914)
- Ocherki torgovli na severe Yakutskoi oblasti, (Moscow, 1916)
- The Road to Oblivion, (New York, 1931)
- Iz zhizni revoliutsionera, (Paris, 1919)
- Nena, (Berlin, 1925)
- Zheleznyi skrezhet. Iz amerikanskikh vpechatlenii, (Paris, 1926)
- Perezhitoe, (New York, 1953)[2]
- Vstrecha s Rossiei, New York 1945
References
- ^ "Siberia Made Him Suicidal.; Jailed Professor's Attempt Fails -- Scientific Instruments Calm Him". The New York Times. 22 January 1912.
- ^ Rabinowitz, Stanley. "Vladimir Zenzinov Papers" (PDF). Vladimir Zenzinove Papers. Amherst Center for Russian Culture. Retrieved 16 April 2012.
Sources
- Vladimir Zenzinov Papers: Vladimir Zenzinov Biography
- Hildermeier, M., Die Sozialrevolutionäre Partei Russlands: Agrarsozialismus u. Modernisierung im Zarenreich (1900-1914). Cologne, 1978.
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