Serafima Gopner

Serafima Ilyinichna Gopner (Russian: Серафима Ильинична Гопнер; 1880–1966) was a Bolshevik politician, a Hero of Socialist Labor (1960), and a Doctor of Historical Sciences (1934).

Preceded byGeorgiy Pyatakov

Succeeded byEmanuel Kviring

Born(1880-04-07)April 7, 1880

Kherson, Russian Empire

DiedMarch 25, 1966(1966-03-25) (aged 85)

Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

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Serafima Gopner
Серафима Гопнер
Serafima Hopner in 1900
Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
In office September 9, 1918 – October 23, 1918
Preceded by	Georgiy Pyatakov
Succeeded by	Emanuel Kviring
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Born	(1880-04-07)April 7, 1880 Kherson, Russian Empire
Died	March 25, 1966(1966-03-25) (aged 85) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Party	RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1903–1918) Russian Communist Party (1918–1966)
Alma mater	University of Paris
Occupation	Politician, historian

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Beginning in 1903, she was a member, and then a secretary of the Bolshevik party in Yekaterinoslav. In 1910–1917, she lived in emigration. From September 9 to October 23, 1918, she was the secretary of the Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine. In 1928-1938 she worked for the Comintern. Beginning in 1945, she was an employee of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism in Moscow.^[1]