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Avksentev, Nikolai (1878-1943)

Old and leading Right Wing member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party. Member 1905 Soviet and Executive Committee. A chauvinist in the War. Minister of Internal Affairs under Kerensky, August-September 1917. During the 1917 Revolution, Chairman, All Russian Soviet of Peasants' Deputies of the Democratic Conference and the "Preparliament" (Council of the Rebublic). On Ufa Directorate, expelled from Siberia by Whites. Emigrated 1919.

Aveling, Edward (1849-1898)

Born and raised in London, Aveling had an early interest in literature, but studied medicine in college and then began several science teaching appointments. He was especially interested in Darwin's theories. He married in 1872 a woman who later left him, and thus when he later met Eleanor Marx, the youngest daughter of Karl Marx, he was not free to marry--they lived in common-law marriage until her death in 1898. Aveling and Eleanor worked together on their mutual interests of theater and politics, and though respected for his intellect and moderate success as a playwright, his reputation suffered under repeated scandals of misapproprated funds in the organizations he affiliated with. He is credited with the translating the first English edition of Capital Vol. 1. Having been in poor health for some time, he died a few months after Eleanor's suicide. For more on his political activities see the biography on Eleanor Marx.