Quo Fuit places 11 dated presences for Mikhail Borodin across 11 places, from 1884 to 1951.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Mikhail Markovich Gruzenberg, known by the alias Borodin (9 July 1884 – 29 May 1951), was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Communist International (Comintern) agent.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Mikhail Borodin was documented, and when
9 July 1884exact date
Janavičyattested“Borodin was born Mikhail Markovich Gruzenberg () to a Jewish family in Yanovichi, Russian Empire, now part of Vitebsk Region, Belarus, on 9 July 1884.”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
1904year
Switzerlandattested“In mid-1904, he was ordered to travel to Switzerland to meet Lenin, who had gone into exile.”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
9 January 1905exact date
Rigaattested“Following the "Bloody Sunday" massacre of unarmed protesters by Tsarist troops in Saint Petersburg on 9 January 1905, Borodin returned to Russia, organised revolutionary activity in Riga, and was later selected to attend the Bolshevik co…”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
9 January 1905exact date
Saint Petersburgattested“Following the "Bloody Sunday" massacre of unarmed protesters by Tsarist troops in Saint Petersburg on 9 January 1905, Borodin returned to Russia, organised revolutionary activity in Riga, and was later selected to attend the Bolshevik co…”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
9 January 1905exact date
Tampereattested“Following the "Bloody Sunday" massacre of unarmed protesters by Tsarist troops in Saint Petersburg on 9 January 1905, Borodin returned to Russia, organised revolutionary activity in Riga, and was later selected to attend the Bolshevik co…”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
9 January 1905exact date
Russiaattested“Following the "Bloody Sunday" massacre of unarmed protesters by Tsarist troops in Saint Petersburg on 9 January 1905, Borodin returned to Russia, organised revolutionary activity in Riga, and was later selected to attend the Bolshevik co…”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
August 1920month
Mexicoattested“During his time in Mexico, Borodin sent reports of Roy's exploits to Lenin, who subsequently invited him to attend the 2nd World Congress of the Comintern in Moscow, which would take place in July–August 1920.”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
August 1920month
Moscowattested“During his time in Mexico, Borodin sent reports of Roy's exploits to Lenin, who subsequently invited him to attend the 2nd World Congress of the Comintern in Moscow, which would take place in July–August 1920.”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
December 1926month
Wuhanattested“Chiang, who refused to move his headquarters from Nanchang to Wuhan, gradually came into conflict with the leftist-dominated KMT government from December 1926, and Borodin publicly disavowed him the following month.”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
December 1926month
Nanchangattested“Chiang, who refused to move his headquarters from Nanchang to Wuhan, gradually came into conflict with the leftist-dominated KMT government from December 1926, and Borodin publicly disavowed him the following month.”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
29 May 1951exact date
Yakutskattested“Borodin died two years later on 29 May 1951 at a prison camp near Yakutsk.”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
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1906year
Stockholmmentioned“In 1906, he attended the 4th Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in Stockholm.”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
1907year
United Statesmentioned“In 1907, he arrived in America, first to Boston, and then on to Chicago.”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
1907year
Chicagomentioned“In 1907, he arrived in America, first to Boston, and then on to Chicago.”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
1907year
Bostonmentioned“In 1907, he arrived in America, first to Boston, and then on to Chicago.”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
1908year
Chicagomentioned“Borodin married Fanya Orluk, known as "Fanny", and originally from Vilnius, in Chicago in 1908.”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
1908year
Vilniusmentioned“Borodin married Fanya Orluk, known as "Fanny", and originally from Vilnius, in Chicago in 1908.”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
July 1918month
Russiamentioned“Following the October Revolution of 1917, he returned to Russia in July 1918, and began working in the People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Soviet Republic.”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
March 1919month
Moscowmentioned“In March 1919, Borodin participated in the first congress of the Communist International (Comintern) in Moscow.”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
August 1919month
Dominican Republicmentioned“He then travelled to Santo Domingo, from which he booked passage to New York, where he arrived in August 1919.”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
August 1919month
New Yorkmentioned“He then travelled to Santo Domingo, from which he booked passage to New York, where he arrived in August 1919.”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
4 October 1919exact date
United Statesmentioned“Borodin, conscious of the fact that his activities were being monitored, kept a low profile while in America, and on 4 October 1919, he slipped across the border into Mexico.”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
4 October 1919exact date
Mexicomentioned“Borodin, conscious of the fact that his activities were being monitored, kept a low profile while in America, and on 4 October 1919, he slipped across the border into Mexico.”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
22 August 1922exact date
Glasgowmentioned“He travelled from city to city in the guise of a trade union representative, successfully avoiding the local authorities until 22 August 1922, when he was arrested in a fifty-man police operation in Glasgow.”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
2 August 1923exact date
Guangzhoumentioned“On 2 August 1923, the Soviet politburo issued an order appointing Bordin as its "political advisor" to Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary government, which was then based at Guangzhou in the south of the country.”source: Wikipedia: Mikhail Borodin
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