Alexander Chervyakov

Who was Alexander Chervyakov?

Alexander Grigoryevich Chervyakov was one of the founders and eventually became the leader of the Communist Party of Belorussia.

He joined the Bolshevik Party in May 1917, and began to gain power quickly. He was appointed chairman of the Military Revolutionary Committee of Minsk in 1920, and because of that position, was involved in the creation the Soviet Union. He was elected as one of the first four Chairmen of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR on December 30, 1922 when the union of Soviet Socialist Republics was formed. He held that position until he committed suicide on June 16, 1937.