Rafail Farbman

Rafail Borisovich Farbman (Russian Рафаил Борисович Фарбман, Ukrainian Рафаїл Борисович Фарбман; * 1893 in Kursk, † 1966) was a Ukrainian communist and party official.

Life

1920/21 he was a follower of the group of Decists (Democratic centralism ). Color man in 1920 and 1921 Delegate of the IX. Party Congress (1920 ) and the Tenth Party Congress ( 1921) of the RCP (B ) in Moscow. 1926/27, he was an active member of the United Opposition. On December 18, 1927 Farbman was expelled and banished from the party. In 1930, he was readmitted to the party and stellvertender Head of Trusts Rudmetallorg ( Рудметаллторг ). In 1932 he was expelled again and arrested, but then released and added to the party. He then worked for the Trust Metallolom ( Металлолом ). Farbman 1935 was excluded for the third time from the party, arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment.

After Stalin's death, he was pardoned in 1956.