The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-05-28
GREAT RUSSIAN
TEXTILE LEADER
DIES IN MOSCOW
". Nogin Had Dramatic
Revolutionary Career

NEW YORK, May 27.-victor Paw
lovitch Nogin. who established the
All-Russian Textile Syndicate, Inc, in
America last winter, died from an
operation in Moscow, May II, reports
from Moscow state. Nogin, who had
many friends in the United States,
spent his entire life in the Russian
revolutionary movement. He was born
in Moscow. Feb. 2, 1873.
During his long revolutionary acti-
vities he was arrested by the czar's
police and exiled eight times. Each
time he escaped, once to England and
once to Switzerland. Finally, in 1911,
he was exiled to verkhoyansk in north
eastern Siberia, 1000 miles from the
nearest railroad station. One year
was required for him to reach the
place Of exile.
Held Many Leading Offices.
He held many leading offices in the
Soviet government, having been an
important member Of the Bolshevik
party in the second imperial Russian
duma. In the first Soviet cabinet he
was commissar of trade and industry.
Later he was president Of the Mos
COW Soviet, chairman Of the supreme
economic council, and vice-president,
presidium Of the central executive
committee of soviets.
In his youth he was a textile work
or. And in November, 1923, he came
a. - a
buying of cotton for the Russian mills
and formed the A1l-Russian Textile
Syndicate. The syndicate is now said
to be the largest foreign buyer in the
American cotton market.
Thrilling Revolutionary Career.
Nogin was arrested for the first
time in st. Petersburg on December
16, 1898, and was exiled to the Prov
ince of Poltava for three years; he
did not serve his time Of exile, es-
Gaping on August s. 1900, to England.
Upon return to Russia, Nogin was ar
rested on October 1, 1901, for the sec
ond time, and was exiled to the Prov
ince of Yenissey eastern Siberia)
He escaped from there on April ~,
1908, going to Geneva, Switzerland.
On March 8, 1904, Nogin was arrested
once more in Nikolayev (Black Sea
Port), and was exiled to the Province
Archangel white Seal from where
he escaped on August 10, 1905. On
October 1, 1905, Nogin was arrested
again in Moscow and was imprisoned
For fhrno roonfhc
Disaulses and Escapes.
In August, 1908. Nogin came to
Moscow disguised as a peasant Vladi-
mir Feodorov Rodionov, in order to
participate in and carry on Anti-Gov-
eminent propaganda at the conven-
ton of cooperative organizations. On
August IL, 1908, Nogin was arrested
and by order Of the minister Of the
interior, was exiled for four years to
the Northern Counties of the Province
of Tobolsk He escaped from there
January, 1909, but while escaping, was
captured at the station Belostrov of
the Finnish Railway on February IA,
1909.
Exile In the Artic.
In the spring Of 1910, Nogin had es-
capped once more, was arrested and
exiled to the Province Of Tobolsk
from where he escaped on August 2,
1910. He came secretly in the win
ter Of 1910-1911 to Tula, where he was
arrested on March, 25, 1911, and ex-
lied to vERKHOYANSK, YAKUT
PROVINCE, NORTH EASTERN 81
IBERIA.
verkhoyansk is located at 81 de-
grees SO latitude, and is the northern
most OF all Siberian cities, being To-
Gated 1000 miles from the nearest
railroad station. Mr.. Nogin was en-
route to exile to Verkhoyansk from
Tula for one year. Later he wrote a
book, "The Polar Belt"