Editing Nikos Zachariadis (section)

==Early life==
Nikos Zachariadis was born in [[Edirne]], [[Adrianople Vilayet]], [[Ottoman Empire]], in 1903, to an [[ethnic Greek]] family. His father, Panagiotis Zachariadis, was of [[petty-bourgeois]] origin and worked as an expert in the [[Regie Company]], a [[France|French]] firm possessing the tobacco monopoly in Turkey.

In 1919, Nikos Zachariadis moved to [[Constantinople]], where he worked in various jobs, including as a soldier. It was there that he carried out his first organized work in the working-class movement. After the defeat of Greece during the [[Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922|Greco-Turkish War]] and the [[population exchange between Greece and Turkey|population exchange between the two countries]], the Zachariadis family was forcibly relocated to Greece and fell into poverty. In 1922 to 1923, he traveled to the [[Soviet Union]], where he became a member of the Komsomol. He studied at various political and military institutions of the [[Soviet government]] and of the [[Communist International]], including the [[International Lenin School]].