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Lev Shaumyan

1904 – 1971

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Lived 1904 – 1971 (aged 67). Lev Shaumyan was a Russian party organizer, journalist and historian.

Lev Stepanovich Shaumyan (; ; April 25, 1904, Tiflis – May 24, 1971, Moscow) was a Soviet academic and journalist of Armenian background.

Early life and career Born in Tiflis, Shaumyan was the son of the Bolshevik revolutionary Stepan Shaumian. After the fall of the Baku Commune, he was arrested and held in prison together with the 26 Baku Commissars. A member of the CPSU since 1919, he was engaged in underground party work in Baku and Tiflis in 1919–1920. In 1922–1923, he studied at the Sverdlov Communist University in Moscow, where he also married. In 1924–1932, he was engaged in party work in Tsaritsyn and Rostov-on-Don. At his Moscow apartment, he hosted Gulag survivors such as Olga Shatunovskaya and Alexei Snegov. Mikoyan once praised Shaumyan for his "inestimable contribution to the cause of correcting subjective distortions in the history of the Party and for restoring the memory of those outstanding revolutionaries who fell victim to the cult of personality and who were then completely rehabilitated." He was the father of Tatyana Shaumyan.

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Party organizer, journalist, historian
Education
Iakov Sverdlov Communist University, Higher Party School at the Central Committee of the CPSU
Employers
The Great Russian Encyclopedia
Awards
Order of Lenin; Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Also known as
Lev Stepanovich Shaumyan

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Lev Shaumyan?

Soviet scholar

When was Lev Shaumyan born?

Lev Shaumyan was born on 25 April 1904 in Tbilisi.

When did Lev Shaumyan die?

Lev Shaumyan died on 24 May 1971 in Moscow.

What was Lev Shaumyan's occupation?

Lev Shaumyan was a party organizer, journalist and historian.

What nationality was Lev Shaumyan?

Lev Shaumyan was Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Lev Shaumyan

· Wikidata: Q4521028

· DBpedia: Lev Shaumyan

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