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

Serafima Gopner
Серафима Гопнер
Serafima Hopner in 1900
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
DiedMarch 25, 1966(1966-03-25) (aged 85)
PartyRSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1903–1918)
Russian Communist Party (1918–1966)
University of Paris
OccupationPolitician, historian

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

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  1. Andrzej Chojnowski, Jan Jacek Bruski, Ukraina, Wydawnictwo TRIO, Warszawa 2006, p. 378, ISBN 978-83-7436-039-5