Serafima Ilyinichna Hopner (Russian: Серафима Ильинична Гопнер; 1880–1966) was a Bolshevik politician, a Hero of Socialist Labor (1960), and a Doctor of Historical Sciences (1934).

Serafima Hopner
Серафима Іллівна Гопнер
Serafima Hopner in 1918 or 1919
Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
In office
September 9, 1918 – October 23, 1918
Preceded byGeorgiy Pyatakov
Succeeded byEmanuel Kviring
Personal details
Born(1880-04-07)April 7, 1880
Kherson, Russian Empire
DiedMarch 25, 1966(1966-03-25) (aged 85)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political partyRSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1903–1918)
Russian Communist Party (1918–1966)
Alma materUniversity of Paris

Beginning in 1903, she was a member, and then a secretary of the Bolshevik party in Yekaterinoslav. In 1910–1917, she lived in emigration. From September 9 to October 23, 1918, she was the secretary of the Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine. In 1928-1938 she worked for the Comintern. Beginning in 1945, she was an employee of the Institute of Marxism-Leninism in Moscow.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Andrzej Chojnowski, Jan Jacek Bruski, Ukraina, Wydawnictwo TRIO, Warszawa 2006, p. 378, ISBN 978-83-7436-039-5
Party political offices
Preceded by 1st Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine
1918–1918
Succeeded by