Varvara Yakovleva (politician)

Varvara Yakovleva
Варвара Яковлева
People's Commissar for Finance of the RSFSR
In office January 1930 – September 1937
Premier	Sergei Syrtsov (until 1930) Daniil Sulimov (until 1937) Nikolai Bulganin
Preceded by	Nikolai Milutin
Succeeded by	Vasily Popov
Personal details
Born	1884 Moscow, Russian Empire
Died	(1941-09-11)September 11, 1941 Oryol Prison, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Political party	RSDLP (Bolsheviks) (1904–1918) All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) (1918–1937)
Spouse	Pavel Shternberg
Relations	Nikolai Yakovlev, brother

Varvara Nikolaevna Yakovleva (Russian: Варвара Николаевна Яковлева; 19 December 1885 – 11 September 1941) was a prominent Bolshevik party member and Soviet government official who later supported Leon Trotsky's attempt to democratize the party. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 1938 for membership in a "diversionary terrorist organization." She was later shot in the Oryol Central Prison.