Andrei Vasilyevich Ivanov (; ; October 28, 1888 – June 10, 1927) was a

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activist and politician. Ivanov was born in the village of Kukshevo, in the

Kostroma Governorate Kostroma Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed from 1796 to 1929. Its administrative center was in the city of Kostroma. Administrative division Kostroma ...

of the

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. In 1906, he became a member of the

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faction of the

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and was a party worker in

Vladimir Governorate Vladimir Governorate () was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, the Russian Republic and the Russian SFSR, which existed in 1796–1929. History Until 1719 – Vladimirsky Uyezd of the Zamoskovny Krai with ...

and

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

city. In 1916, he worked at the Kiev Arsenal factory as a party agitator. After the

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he became the head of the

Kiev Governorate Kiev Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire (1796–1917), Ukrainian People's Republic (1917–18; 1918–1921), Ukrainian State (1918), and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1919–19 ...

Executive Committee, a member of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party and a delegate of the VI Party Congress. He was a member of the Kiev

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during the

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and the

Kiev Arsenal January Uprising The Kiev Arsenal January Uprising (), sometimes simply called the January Uprising or the January Rebellion, was a Bolshevik-organized workers' armed revolt that started on 1918, at the Arsenal Factory in Kiev during the Ukrainian–Sovi ...

. At the same time from December 1917 he was a member of the Ukrainian Central Executive Committee (CIK) and from March 1918 – a member of its

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. In 1918, he worked in the Central Committee of the

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. In February 1919, he was appointed head of the

, then of the

Kharkov Governorate Kharkov Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (''guberniya'') of the Russian Empire founded in 1835. It embraced the historical region of Sloboda Ukraine. From 1765 to 1780 and from 1796 to 1835 the governorate was called Sloboda Uk ...

, and after that of the

Odessa Governorate Odesa Governorate (), was a gubernia, territorial division of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukraine) that was created in January 1920 by a decision of the All-Ukrainian Revolutionary Committee. The new governorate was initially created from the western part ...

Executive Committees. He was a member of the Presidium and the secretary of the All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee and a delegate of the XII and XIII Party Congresses. At the XIII Party Congress he was elected as a candidate member of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party (b). Andrey Ivanov 1920s

In 1925, he became a member of the Central Executive Committee of the

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and spent the last years of his life in Moscow. During this time he was the member of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee, deputy to the head of the budget commission, secretary of union council, and deputy director of the Institute of Soviet Construction. He is buried in Mariinskyi Park in

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, where a monument to him was erected and a street named after him in 1927–1940 (today's ).

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