Aleksandr Trusov

Aleksandr Evdokimovich Trusov was a Russian Bolshevik revolutionary. Originally from Borisoglebsk, Trusov was exiled to Astrakhan for political reasons. In Astrakhan he became a prominent figure in the Bolshevik movement, before dying of ill health a little over a year after the October Revolution.

Early life and entry into revolutionary politics Aleksandr Evdokimovich Trusov was born on 17 January 1888 in Borisoglebsk, Tambov Governorate. Trusov joined the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1904. He was active in the Russian Revolution of 1905 in Borisoglebsk. In 1915 he arrived in Samara, where he became a member of the Samara Bolshevik Party Organization.

Factional conflict After the establishment of Soviet power in Astrakhan, Trusov would become the chairman of the Astrakhan Provincial Council of Trade Unions and a member of the Astrakhan City Party Committee. In May 1918 the Astrakhan Provincial Party Committee reprimanded Trusov for placing trade union interests ahead of party interests. Trusov responded by setting up his own faction, the Group of Bolsheviks-Communists, independent from the City and Provincial Party Committees. Trusov managed to gather a significant support in the Bolshevik ranks in Astrakhan. Trusov's tomb was placed on the Trusov Street. Likewise the on right bank of the Volga river in Astrakhan city, is named after him.