Mikhail Yevdokimovich Chuvyrin (28 August [9 September] 1883, selo Bolshoy Makatelyem, now the urban district of the city of Pervomaysk, Nizhny Novgorod Region — 14 September 1947, Moscow) — Soviet party and trade union figure, Gorky Krai, active participant in Soviet Power Arzamas Uyezd.[1]

Biography and Revolutionary Activity

Born into a peasant family. In 1903 he joined the RSDLP(b). In 1904 he was arrested for participation in the revolutionary movement and exiled to the Ussuri Region. After his return he worked as a lathe operator at the Tashinskiy and Sormovo Plant plants, as well as at the Bromley Brothers' plant in Moscow.[1]

October Revolution he moved into party and trade union work. In 1918–1919 he held the positions of secretary of the Arzamassky Uyezd Committee of the RCP(b), chief of the Arzamas Military-Revolutionary Staff, and uyezd commissar for military affairs. In 1919–1920 he served as Nizhny Novgorod Uyezd.[1]

Party Career

In 1920–1922 he worked in Simbirsk Governorate as deputy gubernatorial military commissar and secretary of the Simbirsk City Committee of the VKP(b). From 1922 to 1936 he was engaged in party work in the Ukrainian SSR, where he rose to a prominent position: he was a member of the Central Committee of the CP(b)U (1925–1927), a candidate member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CP(b)U (1927–1929), a full member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CP(b)U (1929–1936), and a member of the Central Committee of the VKP(b) (1930–1939). According to genealogical sources, during this period he headed the All-Ukrainian Council of Trade Unions.[1][2]

In 1936–1938 he was chairman of the Central Committee of the Union of Workers of the Low-Current Industry; in 1938–1946 he headed the Audit Group of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions (VTsSPS).[1]

Family and Legacy

Chuvyrin's son — Serafim Mikhaylovich Chuvyrin (1944) — attained the rank of major general.[1][2] Mikhail Yevdokimovich Chuvyrin lived in Moscow; he is buried in the columbarium of Novodevichy Cemetery.[1][2]

Sources

  1. names52.ru — Chuvyrin Mikhail Yevdokimovich
  2. rgenea.ru — Chuvyrin — Center for Genealogical Research