Serafima Hopner

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

Serafima Hopner Серафима Іллівна Гопнер
Serafima Hopner in 1918 or 1919
Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine
In office September 9, 1918 – October 23, 1918
Preceded by	Georgiy Pyatakov
Succeeded by	Emanuel Kviring
Personal details
Born	(1880-04-07)April 7, 1880 Kherson, Russian Empire
Died	March 25, 1966(1966-03-25) (aged 85) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1903–1918) Russian Communist Party (1918–1966)
Alma mater	University of Paris

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

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

Party political offices
Preceded by Yuri Pyatakov	1st Secretary of the Communist Party of Ukraine 1918–1918	Succeeded by Emanuil Kviring