Lydia Fotiyeva
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Lydia Alexandrovna Fotiyeva (Russian language: Ли́дия Алекса́ндровна Фо́тиева; 18 October 1881 – 25 August 1975) was a Russian Bolsheviks revolutionary and personal secretary of Vladimir Lenin.
Biography
Lydia Fotiyeva was born on 18 October 1881 in Ryazan, then in the Russian Empire. She began studying at the Moscow Conservatory in 1899, but transferred to the Bestuzhev Courses women's education institution in 1900. However, she could not finish her studies there. This is because, in 1901, she was expelled and exiled to the city of Perm, Russia for her participation in the youth movement there. In 1904, she became a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and active in the Bolshevik revolutionary movement, and was arrested multiple times because of this. In the following years, she aided Nadezhda Krupskaya in her communication with party officials in Russia from abroad and additionally undertook other work for the party in Saint Petersburg, Geneva, and Paris. In 1917, she worked for Vyacheslav Molotov in the office of the Pravda newspaper and obtained a degree from the Moscow Conservatory. Between 1918 and 1924, Fotiyeva worked as Lenin's personal secretary. Beginning in 1933, she worked at the All-Russian Thermal Engineering Institute. During World War II, Fotiyeva worked for the International Red Aid organisation. In 1956, she retired and began recieving a personal pension.[1][2]
She was subject to persecution during the reign of Joseph Stalin, as many of the Old Bolshevik were. Lenin originally dictated his Lenin's Testament that, among other things, warned of Stalin to her while she was his secretary. Fotiyeva died in Moscow on 25 August 1975 at the age of 93. She was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow. Her obituary was signed by General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev and other Soviet officials.[1][3]
Legacy
Fotiyeva was described by TASS as a "true daughter of Communism who devoted her whole life to the service of her motherland." A street in Moscow was named after her, and a memorial plaque was installed on her former home.[1][3]
Honours and awards
- Order of Lenin (4-time recipient)
- Hero of Socialist Labour
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Фотиева Лидия Александровна". www.warheroes.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-10-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Лидия Фотиева (секретарь и предатель Ленина), организовывала СЛОН". www.solovki.ca (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-10-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Lidiya Fotiyeva, 93, Secretary To Lenin After Revolution, Dies". The New York Times. 1975-08-29. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
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