YAN GAMARNIK - THE FOUNDER OF KOMSOMOLSK-ON-AMUR CITY
The paper deals with the life and work of a prominent Soviet statesman Yan B. Gamarnik (1894 - 1937). As the chairman of the Far-Eastern Defense Commission under the Central Committee of the Russian Communist (Bolshevist) Party and the Council of People's Commissars, he was involved in processes pertaining to the birth and build-up of military and industrial potential of the Far-Eastern Region, one of the key elements of which was foundation and development of Komsomolsk-on-Amur.