Sverdlov Veniamin Mikhailovich

Genus. in 1886 in Nizhny Novgorod; Jew; incomplete higher education; member of the CPSU(b). Before the revolution, he took part in the activities of revolutionary youth circles, was exiled to Narym, and fled abroad. In 1918 he returned to the RSFSR and worked in the People's Commissariat of Railways. In 1921 - Chairman of the Main Committee of State Constructions (Glavkomgosoor), in 1923 - Head of the Main Directorate of Mining Industry, since 1926 - Member of the Presidium of the Supreme Economic Council, Head of the Scientific and Technical Department of the Supreme Economic Council, Executive Secretary of the All-Union Association of Science and Technology Workers. Since 1936 - Director of the Road Research Institute of the NKVD of the USSR. At the time of his arrest, he was a senior inspector of the Moscow Regional Geo-Office. Lived in Moscow, Leningradskoe sh., 92, apt. 37. Arrested 10/31/1938. Sentenced by the USSR High Command on April 15, 1939 on charges of participation in the revolutionary revolution. terrorist organization. Shot on April 16, 1939. Burial place - Moscow region, Kommunarka. Rehabilitated on 03/28/1956 by the USSR Air Force.