| 1886, 23 June (5 July) | Born in Petersburg, the son of a watchmaker. |
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| 1905 | Participates in revolutionary movement; joins the Mensheviks. |
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| 1917 | Leaves the Mensheviks. |
| 1918 | |
| 1919 | Joins the RCP(b). |
| 1920 | Publishes first book on Bakunin. |
| 1921 | Organizes the publication of the new journal, «Печать и революция» [Press and Revolution] and becomes its first editor. |
| 1921 July - 1929 March | Editor of the journal, «Печать и революция» [Press and Revolution]. |
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| 1925 | Rector of the Briusov Literary Institute. |
| 1926-1930 | Editor of the journal, «Красная нива» [Red Field]. |
| 1926-1931 | Editor of the journal, «Новый мир» [New World]. |
| 1926-1932 | Editor of the literature, art and language section of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia. |
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| 1929-1932 | Director of the Museum of Fine Arts. |
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| 1932, 24 February | Dies from typhus. |