Aleksinskij Grigory

Born in 1879 in the Caucasus, the son of a doctor, he graduated from Moscow University Faculty of Letters, though his classes at the university were twice interruptible arrest and one administrative expulsion. He served some time in Elets and Khotyn zemstvos, engaging, and literary work. Belonged to the Social Democratic Party, and during its division - a group of Bolsheviks. In 1907 he was elected in St. Petersburg electors from the workers' curia, then a member of the State Duma. In the Duma, his witty and sarcastic speech, for the most part, caused the noise on the right and a resounding endorsement to the left, not once chairman of depriving him of the words. He found oratorical talent and great familiarity with political economy and, in particular, with the agrarian question. Together with other members of the Social Democratic faction of the Duma, he was involved in the investigation on charges of conspiracy, but hiding behind the border, got rid of the arrest.