Boris Volin

Boris Mikhailovich Volin (born: Josif Yefimovich Fradkin; 13 June 1886 – 15 February 1957) was a Soviet historian, journalist and politician. He was born in Vitebsk Governorate. He published Questions of History and campaigned against alcohol consumption. He was a member of the Central Committee elected by the 17th Congress of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks). He was head of the School Department from 13 May 1935 to 1936. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War. He was a member of the Marx-Engels-Lenin Institute at Moscow State University. He died in Moscow.