Gavriil Ksenofontov

Gavriil Ksenofontov
Гавриил Ксенофонтов
Ksenofontov c. 1910s
Member of the
Siberian Regional Duma
In office
20 January 1918 – 10 November 1918
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Member of the
Russian Constituent Assembly
In office
25 November 1917 – 20 January 1918
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
ConstituencyYakutsk
Personal details
Born16 January [O.S. 4 January] 1888
Died28 August 1938(1938-08-28) (aged 50)
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
PartyYakutsk Labor Union of Federalists
Spouse(s)Natalia Kandinskaya
Klavdiya Arsenyevna Rogova
ChildrenLenya
RelativesPavel Ksenofontov (brother)
Alma materImperial Tomsk University
OccupationHistorian, ethnographer, folklorist, politician, lawyer
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Gavriil Vasilyevich Ksenofontov (16 January [O.S. 4 January] 1888 — 28 August 1938) was a Yakutian historian, politician and lawyer who studied the history, ethnography and folklore of the Yakut, Evenki and Buryat peoples. He also served in the Russian Constituent Assembly and the Siberian Regional Duma during the Russian Revolution.