Pyotr Mikhailovich Nikiforov (1882, Irkutsk Governorate – January 9, 1974, Moscow

Moscow

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) was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician, and the third Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Far Eastern Republic

Far Eastern Republic

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He was a sailor of the Russian Baltic Fleet and participant of the uprising at Kronshtadt of 1905. Nikiforov was an activist of the Russian revolution working countrywide. In 1910 he attempted to organize a military unit but was arrested and sentenced for 20 years. After the February Revolution

February Revolution

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 Nikiforov was released and moved to Vladivostok

Vladivostok

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 where he became a deputy of the head of Vladivostok Council and the member of the DalBuro of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

Russian Social Democratic Labour Party

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(RSDLP). After the fall of the Soviets in June, 1918 Nikiforov was arrested and spent a year and a half in prison. After his release in January, 1920 he joined the Far Eastern Republic Government and was the Chairman of the Council of Ministers from May 8, 1921 to December, 1921. After the "reunion" the RSFSR and the Far Eastern Republic of 1922 Nikiforov served at many Soviet posts until his death.