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Ilya Trainin

1886 – 1949

Soviet jurist and academic

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About Ilya Trainin

Lived 1886 – 1949 (aged 62). Ilya Trainin was a Russian university teacher, jurist and politician.

Ilya Pavlovich Trainin (26 December 1886, Riga – 27 June 1949, Moscow) was a Soviet lawyer and prominent jurist.

He began to attend a Marxist circle in Tiiga and joined the Bolshevik faction of the RSDLP in 1904. He participated in the armed uprising in Riga during the 1905 Revolution. He was subsequently arrested and though he escaped once he was recaptured and imprisoned for seven months in Riga. Officially exiled to Siberia, he illegally made his way to Poland and then on to Geneva, Switzerland. Here he remained, studying social sciences and participating in the revolutionary movement. He was secretary of the Vpered group.

He went to Samara in May 1917 and joined the Samara Revolutionary Committee at the time of the Bolshevik seizure of power in October that year. He was active in the Food Commissariat of the Samara Governorate and was elected to the Samara city and provincial executive committee of the Soviets, for whom he edited various magazines.

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
University of Paris
Employers
Moscow State University, Faculty of Law, Institute of State and Law
Awards
Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"; Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Ilya Trainin's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Ilya Trainin?

Soviet jurist and academic (1886-1949)

When was Ilya Trainin born?

Ilya Trainin was born on 26 December 1886 in Riga.

When did Ilya Trainin die?

Ilya Trainin died on 27 June 1949 in Moscow.

What was Ilya Trainin's occupation?

Ilya Trainin was a university teacher, jurist and politician.

What nationality was Ilya Trainin?

Ilya Trainin was Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ilya Trainin

· Wikidata: Q4461783

· DBpedia: Ilya Trainin

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