Mikhail Brusnev
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Mikhail Ivanovich Brusnev (1864 - 1937) was a Russian explorer and Bolshevik
activist.
Mikhail was born 13 (25) January 1864, in Storozhevaia, a stanitsa
(cossack village) in the Kuban’. He became active as a revolutionary in 1881. He developed links between students at the St. Petersburg Technological Institute, which he attended, along with technological students at other parts of the University of St. Petersburg with the workers’ circles developed by D. Blagoev and P. V. Tochisskii. Brusnev contribution focussed on circulating and printing revolutionary literature. During 1890 he attended Shelgunov’s funeral, and in 1891 he organized the celebration of the first May Day in Russia. After graduating Brusnev worked as a technologist for the Moscow-Brest railway, and extended Social Democratic activity in Tula
, Nizhny Novgorod
, Kharkov, and Kiev
. He circulated literature from Georgi Plekhanov
’s group, Liberation of Labor. Following his arrest in April 1892, he sserved a four year in prison term and then was then exiled to Yakutia. In 1901 he joined a Russian arctic expedition. In 1903, alongside Aleksandr Kolchak
, he lead a search for the lost expedition of Eduard Toll
, bringing back Toll's diary. He also found the remains of a mammoth
in the island of New Siberia
during his unfruitful search for Eduard Toll. He returned to St. Petersburg in 1904. Then he joined the Engineers’ Union. In 1907, Brusnev was elected to the State Duma representing the left bloc of Bolsheviks and Socialist Revolutionaries.
Bolshevik
The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists , derived from bol'shinstvo, "majority") were a faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party which split apart from the Menshevik faction at the Second Party Congress in 1903....
activist.
Mikhail was born 13 (25) January 1864, in Storozhevaia, a stanitsa
Stanitsa
Stanitsa is a village inside a Cossack host . Stanitsas were the primary unit of Cossack hosts.Historically, the stanitsa was a unit of economic and political organisation of the Cossack peoples primarily in the southern regions of the Russian Empire.Much of the land was held in common by the...
(cossack village) in the Kuban’. He became active as a revolutionary in 1881. He developed links between students at the St. Petersburg Technological Institute, which he attended, along with technological students at other parts of the University of St. Petersburg with the workers’ circles developed by D. Blagoev and P. V. Tochisskii. Brusnev contribution focussed on circulating and printing revolutionary literature. During 1890 he attended Shelgunov’s funeral, and in 1891 he organized the celebration of the first May Day in Russia. After graduating Brusnev worked as a technologist for the Moscow-Brest railway, and extended Social Democratic activity in Tula
Tula
Tula may refer to:In geography:*Tula, Hidalgo, a town in Mexico, once the capital and sacred city of the Toltec people.*Tula, Tamaulipas, a place in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico*Tula River in central Mexico...
, Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
, Kharkov, and Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
. He circulated literature from Georgi Plekhanov
Georgi Plekhanov
Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov was a Russian revolutionary and a Marxist theoretician. He was a founder of the Social-Democratic movement in Russia and was one of the first Russians to identify himself as "Marxist." Facing political persecution, Plekhanov emigrated to Switzerland in 1880, where...
’s group, Liberation of Labor. Following his arrest in April 1892, he sserved a four year in prison term and then was then exiled to Yakutia. In 1901 he joined a Russian arctic expedition. In 1903, alongside Aleksandr Kolchak
Aleksandr Kolchak
Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Kolchak was a Russian naval commander, polar explorer and later - Supreme ruler . Supreme ruler of Russia , was recognized in this position by all the heads of the White movement, "De jure" - Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, "De facto" - Entente States...
, he lead a search for the lost expedition of Eduard Toll
Eduard Toll
Eduard Gustav von Toll was a Baltic German geologist and Arctic explorer in Russian service. Often referred to as Baron von Toll or as Eduard v. Toll, in Russia he is known as Eduard Vasiliyevich Toll . Eduard Toll was born on and he died in 1902 in an unknown location in the Arctic Ocean)...
, bringing back Toll's diary. He also found the remains of a mammoth
Mammoth
A mammoth is any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus. These proboscideans are members of Elephantidae, the family of elephants and mammoths, and close relatives of modern elephants. They were often equipped with long curved tusks and, in northern species, a covering of long hair...
in the island of New Siberia
New Siberia
New Siberia is the easternmost of the Anzhu Islands, the northern subgroup of the New Siberian Islands lying between the Laptev Sea and East Siberian Sea. Its area of approximately 6,200 km² places it just outside the 100 largest islands in the world. New Siberia Island is low lying, rising...
during his unfruitful search for Eduard Toll. He returned to St. Petersburg in 1904. Then he joined the Engineers’ Union. In 1907, Brusnev was elected to the State Duma representing the left bloc of Bolsheviks and Socialist Revolutionaries.