# Yakov Sverdlov — Ten Days That Shook the World character guide

> Yakov Sverdlov in Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Sverdlov

**First appearance:** 0011-i-background

## Who they are

Bolshevik chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, Sverdlov is the quiet machinery behind the Soviet Government's decrees.

## In the story

### [XII: The Peasants’ Congress](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/xii-the-peasants-congress)

As president of the Tsay-ee-kah, greets the peasant delegates at the union ceremony.

### [Appendix to Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/appendix-to-chapter-x)

Not directly mentioned in the excerpts, but referenced in the context of the Bolshevik leadership during the financial decree.

### [Revolutionary Financial Measure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/4-revolutionary-financial-measure)

Not directly mentioned but associated with the Military Revolutionary Committee's financial decrees.

### [Decrees](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ten_days_that_shook_the_world_se/chapters/3-decrees)

President of the Tsay-ee-kah, confirms the decree on abolition of classes and titles.

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