Chubar Vlas Yakovlevich was one of the prominent political figures of the Soviet state. He held leadership positions in the Ukrainian SSR.
He was a member of the October Revolution. He contributed to the development of industry and the implementation of the plan for forced industrialization. Towards the end of his life, he “made his way” to the very top, becoming chairman of the Council of People's Commissars. He was repressed in the thirty-ninth year.
Biography
The family of Chubar Vlas Yakovlevich lived in the Ekaterinoslav province. Vlas was born on February 22, 1891 in the village of Fedorovka. In addition to him, the family had seven more children. Parents were simple peasants and worked hard in the field. Vlas from childhood helped them, working on an equal basis with adults. At the age of thirteen, Vlas entered the Zaporizhzhya Technical School. One of his older brothers, Paul, was an activist in revolutionary organizations. It was he who led the young man to the Bolsheviks. From childhood, the guy was filled with hatred of the existing socio-political system. In the nine hundred and fifth year, the first revolution in Russia begins. Pavel Chubar takes an active part in it and dies in street battles with the tsarist troops.
Vlas is also involved in the rebellion, despite his young age. The death of his brother, who was his mentor, added personal motives to his desire to overthrow the autocratic regime. In 1907, the guy joined the Bolshevik organization. He maintains contact with its members in the Yekaterinoslav province until 1911, when Chubar Vlas Yakovlevich graduated from college.
Career start in industry
After graduation, Vlas goes to the Donbass. There he arranges to work for one of the enterprises of Kramatorsk. This city was one of the rapidly developing settlements of Donbass. New businesses attracted thousands of people from all over the empire. There was also a strong underground movement of revolutionaries in Kramatorsk. Therefore, Vlas and there maintains contacts with the Bolsheviks. A few years later he moved to the south of Donbass, to the city of Mariupol. He works there at modern enterprises, which allows him to go further to Petrograd.
It is in the capital of Russia that he meets the February Revolution. Actively supports her. He agitates workers in his factory and stands on the barricades himself. After the abdication of Nicholas, Chubar Vlas Yakovlevich became a deputy of the factory committee, after which he was elected to the Petrograd Soviet of Workers.
Red revolution
Vlas conducts campaigning among workers and councils. Meets the October Revolution as commissar of the Supreme Revolutionary Committee. During the Civil War, he heads the association of the board of engineering plants. In these difficult days for the new Soviet government , engineering plays an extremely important role.
The Russian empire seriously lagged behind other European countries in the development of industrial industry. The devastating Civil War further aggravated the situation.
In the early twenties, Chubar Vlas Yakovlevich headed the organizational bureau for restoring the industrial potential of the Ukrainian SSR. The process is extremely difficult and problematic. Mostly agrarian Ukraine suffered greatly from the Civil War and the intervention of the Western powers. All industry was concentrated in the east of the republic, while in the west it was practically absent.
To acquire modern equipment, it was necessary to contact foreign companies. Chubar is a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU (B.). The new position actually brings him to the very top of the government.
Secretary General dissatisfaction
Stalin personally draws attention to Vlas. The Secretary General was extremely dissatisfied with the work of Chubar. This is evidenced by the secret letter of Stalin to Molotov and Kaganovich. In it, he points to Vlas's frivolous attitude to work and his opportunism. The message also mentions Stalin’s intention to remove the chairman from his post. Meanwhile, the wife and children of Chubar Vlas Yakovlevich are moving to the capital. And Vlas himself is becoming an increasingly significant figure in the Central Committee of the party.
Takeoff policy
After the final establishment of the Stalinist regime in the USSR, great changes began in the party.
Passes the famous seventeenth party congress. It discusses the further development of the Soviet state for the next five years. After this, large-scale purges in the ranks of the party begin. By a resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU (b), Chubar was appointed Minister of Finance.
However, the personality of Vlas is not liked by many prominent members of the Central Committee. In particular, Kosior and Eikhe regularly report on Chubar's offenses. Rumors are also spreading by Rudzutak and Antipov. As a result, the people's commissar of finance does not have the best reputation. This leads to an open meeting of the Central Committee, at which a decision is made to remove Chubar from his post.
Death policy
After the expulsion of Vlas Yakovlevich from the Central Committee, contrary to expectations, he was not immediately arrested. Due to the lack of evidence, he is sent to Solikamsk to a lower position. There he was to build a pulp mill. However, such expulsion did not save him. In July of the thirty-eighth, he was arrested.
After this, a lengthy investigation begins. Chubar is accused of anti-Soviet activity. On February 22, Chubar Vlas Yakovlevich was shot. 1891-1939 - years of life. In 1955 he was rehabilitated.