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Zof joined the revolutionary movement in 1910. Three years later he became a member of the Communist Party. During the World War I, Zof worked as a fitter at an arms factory in Sestroretsk , where he was in charge of the Bolshevist underground. After the February Revolution, Zof led the Bolshevist organization of Sestroretsk and was a deputy of the Petrograd Soviet . In July of 1917Events January 2 The Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank. January 22 World War I: President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe. January 25 The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million January 25 Anti-, he prepared fake identity papers for Vladimir LeninVladimir Ilyich Lenin ( Russian: ), original name Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ( Russian: ) ( April 10 ( April 22, New Style), 1870 January 21, 1924), was a Russian revolutionary, the leader of the Bolshevik party, the first Premier of the Soviet Union and the and organized his move from Petrograd to Razliv at the request of the Central Committiee of the Russian Social Democratic Labour PartyThe Russian Social Democratic Labour Party or RSDLP was a revolutionary socialist Russian political party formed in 1898 in Minsk to unite the various revolutionary organisations into one party. The RSDLP later split into Bolshevik and Menshevik factions,. Zof would then establish contact between Lenin and the Central Committee. In 1918Events January January 8 President Woodrow Wilson announces his " Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I. February February 3 The Twin Peaks Tunnel begins service in San Francisco as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world (11,920 feet long).- 1919Events January January 1 Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company January 5 Spartacist uprising Socialist demonstrations in Berlin turn into attempted communist revolution with Spartacist League in the forefront January 9 Spartacus, he was appointed brigade and division commissarCommissar was an official title used in post-revolutionary Russia and the Soviet Union. The usage of the title has been associated with a number of administrative and military functions in Bolshevik government. During the Russian Civil War, the White Army and supplies manager for the 3rd Army of the Eastern Front. In 1919- 19201920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. January 9 Britain announces it will build 100,000 homes for war veterans. January 10 Leagu, Zof was a member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Baltic Fleet and a member of the Petrograd defense committee. In 1921Events January 2 The first religious radio broadcast ( KDKA AM in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) January 2 Spanish liner Santa Isabel sinks off Villa Garcia 244 dead January 2 DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park San Francisco opens. January 20 Republic of Turke- 1924, he held a post of a commissar at the office of the commander-in-chief of the naval forces of the Republic. Between December of 1924 and 1926, Zof was the commander of the naval forces and member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR . In 1927- 1929, he headed the Sovtorgflot (Soviet Commercial Fleet) office. In 1930- 1931, Zof was a deputy People's Commissar of Railroad Transportation. In 1931, he was appointed first deputy People's Commissar of Water Transportation. Zof was awarded the Order of the Red Banner.

Later in his life, Zof fell into disgrace and was appointed director of a factory in Moscow. In 1937, he was arrested, sentenced to death on June 19 and executed the next day.

Zof was rehabilitate d in 1956.