Grigori Voitinsky Григорий Войтинский | |
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| Head of the Far Eastern Bureau | |
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| Born | Grigori Zarkhin 17 April 1893 Nevel, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 11 June 1953 (aged 60) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Political party | Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) |
Grigori Naumovich Voitinsky, born Zarkhin (Russian: Григорий Наумович Войтинский; 17 April 1893 – 11 June 1953) was a Soviet Communist International (Comintern) official. He was sent to China in 1920 as a senior advisor to contact the top prominent Chinese communists such as Chen Duxiu, just before the formation of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Voitinsky is considered to be the "chief architect" in founding the CCP.[1]
He was born on 17 April 1893 in Nevel to a Russian Jewish family. In 1918, he joined the Bolshevik Party. He took an active part in the Far Eastern Front in the Russian Civil War.[2]
- ^ Dirlik, Arif (1989). The Origins of Chinese Communism. Oxford University Press. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-19-505454-5.
- ^ Yoshihiro, Ishikawa (2012-01-31). The Formation of the Chinese Communist Party. Columbia University Press. doi:10.7312/ishi15808. ISBN 978-0-231-50416-4. JSTOR 10.7312/ishi15808.