Ivan Onisiforovitsj Serkin
1898–1941 (age 43)
Biography
Ivan Onisiforovitsj Serkin was a Russian figure whose life spanned the revolutionary and early Soviet periods. He lived through one of the most transformative eras in Russian history.
Serkin's life ended during the Great Purge, a period of severe repression in the Soviet Union. He remains part of the historical record of this turbulent era.