Ivan Innokentyevich Serebrennikov (; 14 July 1882 – 19 June 1953) was a Russian statesman and Siberian regionalist. He served as Chairman of the Administrative Council of the Siberian Republic from 3 September to 3 November 1918 and Minister of Supply for the

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from 18 November to 27 December 1918.

Early life

Ivan Serebrennikov was born on the 14th of July 1882 in Znamenka,

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of the

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. Serebrennikov received his secondary education in the Irkutsk Classical Gymnasium. On 1 January 1906 he was arrested for participating in an illegal gathering for New Years Day and was sentenced to 3 months in prison. At the end of his sentence, in April 1906, he was expelled from Irkutsk. In the same month he married Alexandra Nikolaevna. He studied at the Military Medical Academy in

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. He then lived in

for several years. He was arrested in St. Petersburg for participating in the activities involving the

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leading him to serve six-months of solitary confinement.

Political activities

Serebrennikov returned to Irkutsk in 1911 and by 1913 he had become the secretary of the city council in Irkutsk secretary of the city council in

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. In 1914 he became a member of the Irkutsk Committee for the Union of Cities. During the Russian Civil War, Serebrennikov became Chairman of the Administrative Council for short-lived Siberian Republic under

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. After

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's coup against the

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, Serebrennikov became Minister of Supply.

Exile

After the Bolsheviks took control of Irkutsk in 1920, Serebrennikov was forced to flee to

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. He arrived in March 1920. He died in

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on 19 June 1953.

References

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